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.
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
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 .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .