WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze. Bathing in the hot springs, he looks right at home as he indulges in a bit of me time. This calm monkey was captured by Edinburgh photographer Chris Rush, 26, while visiting the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan. “These photographs capture one of the most beautiful creatures I have ever encountered,” says Chris, originally of Newcastle.
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
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 .