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.
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
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 .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .