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.
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .