Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show. Climbing right to the top of the tree, the zoo’s spectacled bear Bernardo can often be seen relaxing with his head in the clouds. Four-year-old Bernardo moved to the zoo after travelling from Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. Tim Rowlands, the zoo’s curator of mammals said: “An exchange of animals between the USA and Europe doesn’t happen very often at all, which makes Bernardo even more special to us here at the zoo.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
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 .
