TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo. The Sumatran tiger cubs are given a full examination by zoo staff to ensure they’re in purr-fect shape. The trio, born to mother Kirana and father Fabi on 2nd January, huddle together after their checks, which included being examined, sexed, weighed and vaccinated.
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 .
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 .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
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 .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .