TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .

FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .