THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .