A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .

This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

A transgender model, who has spent £180k on surgery to become a ‘desirable’ woman, has told of her struggle to find a man who is openly accepting of trans-women .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .

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

IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .