EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal. The anxious squirrel was photographed by Czech photographer Pavel Blazek, 29, after he spotted the little fella eyeing up his lunch in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. 'This European ground squirrel was undoubtedly nervous that something was going to steal his food” says Pavel, of Vlasim. 'With his little paws raised up to his mouth, he looks as if he's fearfully biting his nails as he spots his next meal.
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .