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.
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .