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.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
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 .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .