HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers. The 11x5ft pool, located in south-eastern California, was built by Austrian visual artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The free retreat includes a solar-powered filter and chlorination system, but visitors face a challenge if they want to take a dip.
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .