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.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
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 .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .