SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings. Peering carefully out of the opening, one by one, the squirrels scout the area before scrambling back inside their den. The cute peekaboo display was caught on camera by photographer Rick Tomalty in his garden in Orford in Quebec, Canada.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
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 .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .