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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
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 .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
