A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch. Stretching out on the dock, he laps up the warm weather and works on his tan. These cute shots were captured by Canadian triathlon coach Mark Bates, 46, when he spotted the little river otter relaxing on the marina docks in Pender Island, Canada. ‘This calm otter was sunbathing and napping on the dock of a marina,’ says Mark, of North Vancouver.
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .