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.
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .