A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish. But the hungry pup’s mission to steal the catch is cut short when he is waved away by the larger otter. The giant river otters, a breed of otter native to South America and the largest in the world, were photographed by Morten Ross during a trip to the Peruvian Amazon. The 49-year-old IT service manager observed the animals at the Amazon Research and Conservation Centre in Soledad, Peru
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
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 .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
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 .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .