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.
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
