Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut. Pictured in a frosty forest with their little paws dusted with snow, the pair of squirrels reach for and pass around the nut. The brilliant images were captured by radio company engineer Vadim Trunov when he spotted these sporty squirrels in a forest in the Voronezh region of Russia. The 30-year-old, of Voronezh, Russia, says: “I started taking pictures of squirrels in the woods two months ago.
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
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 cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .
A Hereford woman has lost 10st 3lbs after ditching her £260-a-month takeaway habit .
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
A student has finally hit puberty after a four year battle against anorexia stunted his growth .