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.
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .