A rare butterfly has returned to the Lancashire countryside after a 100 year absence. The large heath butterfly is being reintroduced to Heysham Moss, Lancashire. This breed of butterfly was last recorded at the site at the beginning of the 20th century. The reintroduction project has involved Chester Zoo, Lancashire Wildlife Trust and funder Lancashire Environmental Fund.
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .