A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

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

Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .

Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .