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.
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
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 .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
