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.
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
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 .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
