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.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .