SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

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 .

A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .