WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up. The smiley tokay gecko was photographed by photographer Angi Wallace in her home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The 47-year-old says: “I placed this gecko on a branch deliberately to take some photographs. “He has the cutest face, however if I wave my hand near him he opens his mouth as a form of defensive behaviour.
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .