HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .