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 lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
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A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .