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.
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
