Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut. Pictured in a frosty forest with their little paws dusted with snow, the pair of squirrels reach for and pass around the nut. The brilliant images were captured by radio company engineer Vadim Trunov when he spotted these sporty squirrels in a forest in the Voronezh region of Russia. The 30-year-old, of Voronezh, Russia, says: “I started taking pictures of squirrels in the woods two months ago.
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
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 .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .