An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake. Pictured in the Scottish Highlands, the bird hits the water before lifting off with a rainbow trout in its talons. The striking photographs were captured by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron, of Watford, when he visited the Rothiemurchus fishery in Aviemore, Scotland.
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .