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 Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .