A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales. England's last wild red squirrels may be hemmed in by their grey cousins - but they're still leaping free in their own woodlands. Springing over SIX-TIMES their 18-inch body length, if we humans were as good at jumping as these lords of the forest we would be able to jump clean over a Ford Transit van. Photographer Simon Phillpotts from Wensleydale, North Yorkshire took the pictures as part of a project celebrating the agile skills of Yorkshire's red squirrel population.
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 .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
