RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing. Aurora Burns, of Girdwood, Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit. Her parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, insist their daughter is destined to take off. Cody, a ski patrol night supervisor, says: “Aurora has been skiing since she was in the womb as Andrea was still keen to ski throughout her pregnancy, and we were showing her ski films as soon as she arrived.
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .