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.
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .