BRIGHT eyed and bushy tailed, a rare monkey catches a ride on the back of its mum in Chester Zoo. At only 12 weeks old, buffy-headed capuchin monkey is one of the world’s rarest species of primates. Dr Nick Davis, assistant curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, said: “In the past they were abundant in the Atlantic rainforests of eastern Brazil, but sadly they’re now on the verge of disappearing from the wild because of severe destruction to their habitat and intense hunting.
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .