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.
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .