LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .