If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

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

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .

Amber Baskerville, 30, started dating Craig Chard, 34, in October 2021 .

A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .

The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .