Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day. The loved-up owls were photographed by American photographer Lori Shaw, 54, after she spotted them at the Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park in Florida. ‘The owls were being very affectionate with each other, cuddling, kissing and grooming each other,’ says Lori, of Crystal River, Florida. ‘I thought it was really cute the way they were carrying on with each other.
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
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 .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .