An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field. This magnificent bird of prey means business as she flies in and out nearby barns before landing on the ground. Canadian wildlife photographer Megan Lorenz photographed the owl as it flew through a field in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. The 39-year-old, of Etobicoke, Toronto, says: “I drove up to Ottawa to take advantage of the high number of snowies that can be found there.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
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 .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
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 .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .