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.
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .