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.
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 .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
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A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .