PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds. Clearly not bothered by their uncomfortable onlooker, the owls pucker up and put on a very public display of affection. This trio of Little Owls were photographed by Uzbek photographer Ilia Shalamaev, 36, after he spotted the scene on a trip to the town of Kiryat Gat, Israel. “Here you can see a family of owls playing and having fun on a branch, not far from their nesting place,” says Ilia, now of Beit Hashmonay, Israel.
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
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 .