PATTERNS of colourful swirls and twirls of smoke help to create these imaginative spellbinding photographs. The hypnotic and psychedelic images were created by American psychologist Mark Scalco, 49, who refers to his work as 'smokreations'. 'I've always enjoyed the patterns made by kaleidoscopes or some geometric screen-savers,' says Mark, of Durham, North Carolina. 'I remember as a kid looking for shapes in clouds and smoke.
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .