WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure. The blissful ape throws herself around using trees, branches and ropes in Southwick's Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts. The playful scene was captured by photographer Abeselom Zerit when he visited the zoo in north-western America. The 43-year-old, of Pawtucket , Rhode Island, says: "This adolescent chimp, named Tanzie, turned six in March and she reminds me a lot of my own five-year-old - very curious and rascally!
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .