SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend. But the hedgehog it is cutely curled up next to is in fact a garden ornament. Tiny Drew was found with three of his siblings on a cold Autumn night in Druids Heath in Birmingham. A quick-thinking member of the public rang experts from Willows Hedgehog Rescue, who came to the aid of the prickly customers.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
