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 northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .