Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion. The adorable rodent, which is just 55mm long, is dwarfed by the flower and covered with dandelion seeds. The harvest mouse was photographed by maintenance engineer Martin Snelson when he visited a farm in Ashton-in-Makerfield and spotted the curious creature.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .
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 .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .