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 young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
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 .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .