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.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .