THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .