WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze. Bathing in the hot springs, he looks right at home as he indulges in a bit of me time. This calm monkey was captured by Edinburgh photographer Chris Rush, 26, while visiting the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan. “These photographs capture one of the most beautiful creatures I have ever encountered,” says Chris, originally of Newcastle.
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .