TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention. While two owls settle down to rest, a third still wants to have fun and clasps hold of his brother’s wing. The little owls were photographed in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire by sales manager Dean Mason. The 48-year-old, of Bournemouth, Dorset, says: “The three siblings are doing exactly what siblings do - playing combined with the odd argument.”
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
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 .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
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 .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .