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.
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
