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.
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .