BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .

This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .

A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .