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.
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .