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.
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
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 US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
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 .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .