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.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
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 .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
