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.
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .