PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .

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

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day .

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

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

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

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

After Leigh Hancock, 36, joined Fallon Bramall's boxing gym she owned with her husband, the pair took him under their wing .

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .