Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California. Richard Schaefer has transformed himself into an array of Disney princesses, including Snow White, Cinderella and Ariel, thanks to his naturally soft features and clever make-up tricks. The freelance make-up artist from Fullerton, Orange County, spends two hours on each transformation and wears his own home-made costumes. Richard attends comic conventions in character and wows fairytale fans, who are stunned when they discover the picture-perfect real life Disney princess is in fact a man.
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
