SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner. After swooping down from a branch to catch its prey, the owl safely hands over a field mouse to his family in their nest. The breathtaking photographs were captured by Italian photographer Jacopo Rigotti, 24, after he spent weeks photographing the majestic birds in South Tyrol, Italy. “My home is surrounded by forests, rivers and mountains and I am always in close contact with many species of owls,” says Jacopo, of Trentino, Italy.
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
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 .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .