HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk. With their brown patterned feathers and dark eyes, the beautiful owls possess the perfect forest camouflage. The Indian scops owls, a species of owl native to Asia, were photographed in a jambolan tree by Sarosh Lodhi, who noticed the birds while walking through Pench Tiger Reserve in central India.
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .