Saturday 09 January 2016

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Animal photos of the week

A frog rests on the unopened buds of a flower having climbed up the stem. This bright green frog looks delighted to be resting on the unopened buds of a plant. The green flying frog climbed up the 12cm stem in just 30 seconds. After a short rest and a survey of his surroundings, the little amphibian jumped off the stem and back into the the grass. Creative designer Kurit Afsheen, of Jakarta, Indonesia, spotted the frog climbing up the stems while in Tangerang, Indonesia.

All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery

08 Jan 2016

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Pictures of the day

A kingfisher flys out of the water with a fish

Selfies in Korea, a rianbow in California and snow in the desert

08 Jan 2016

Pictures of the day

Laura Acabani looks to be swimming amoungst the clouds as she dives underneath the surf. This woman looks like she is swimming under the clouds as the surf breaks above her.

Surfing under waves, Prince George and cute polar bear cubs

07 Jan 2016

Tourist bravely strokes cheetah by pool

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Moment holidaymaker pets a cheetah sipping up swimming pool water at South Africa's Tshukudu Game Reserve is caught on camera

06 Jan 2016

Pictures of the day

A visitor plays with a squirrel at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia

A cheeky squirrel, a ski jumper and Barack Obama sheds a tear

06 Jan 2016

Chicks in the snow

Emperor Penguin parents take it in turns to look after their chick with both mother and father feeding and caring for their young. Heavy snowstorms, where temperatures are around -9 degrees Celsius, are a common occurrence in Antarctica.

In pics: Emperor penguins huddle together during Antarctic blizzard

06 Jan 2016

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Britain's squirrels are getting fat

Last month was the warmest December on record meaning lots of extra food available to fatten up hungry squirrels

06 Jan 2016

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Pictures of the day

An adult with several penguin chicks. The fluffy grey chicks were part of a colony of around 300 Emperor penguins and came together to keep warm in the below freezing temperatures. Emperor penguin parents take it in turns to look after their chick with both mother and father feeding and caring for their young. Heavy snowstorms, where temperatures are around -9 degrees Celsius, are a common occurrence in Antarctica.

Penguins in a snow storm, a murmuration of starlings and Chairman Mao

05 Jan 2016

Thousands of pink detergent bottles wash up on beach in Cornwall

Volunteers are clearing the 2,000 bottles from Poldhu Beach

The bright pink plastic bottles on Poldhu Beach on the Lizard Peninsula could pose a risk to wildlife

05 Jan 2016

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Bird heroically escapes from leopard

The hornbill manages to escape from the claws of the leopard

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Safari tourists record the extremely rare sight of a leopard attempting to hunt a large hornbill bird in Kruger National Park

05 Jan 2016

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Global warming: normal weather is a 'thing of the past', claims scientist

Seaham lighthouse takes a battering as stormy seas lead to huge waves engulfing the iconic landmark in County Durham

Oxford University's Professor Myles Allen said we have 'changed the odds' on weather conditions, with wetter and warmer winters now more likely

05 Jan 2016

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Weather Watch: The Battle of Tadcaster Bridge

The chaos of the Christmas floods has reduced some of the north's most iconic bridges to rubble. But what will reappear in their place?

04 Jan 2016

Pictures of the day

The Northern Lights seen over Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon in Iceland

The Northern Lights, a hungry osprey and Tim Peake has a shave

04 Jan 2016

Pictures of the day

A baby baboon, a smiling frog and abandoned Christmas trees

03 Jan 2016

Britain to create marine reserve the size of UK in waters of Ascension Island

UK to create marine reserve in waters of Ascension Island

Area of just over half the South Atlantic island's waters to be closed to fishing ahead of final marine reserve boundaries being drawn, minister announces

03 Jan 2016

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UK flooding: Under-fire Environment Agency bosses received almost £300k in bonuses

File photo: David Cameron meets soldiers working on flood relief in York city centre after the river Ouse burst its banks, in North Yorkshire

Payouts to executives emerge as Prime Minister announces extra £40 million to help repair damage caused by recent flooding

03 Jan 2016

Rail electrification 'ruining English countryside'

File photo: view of the River Thames at Goring Gap near Pangbourne, UK. Railway chiefs have been accused of planning to despoil swathes of some of England’s most attractive countryside

Work on electrifying the Great Western mainline is damaging some of Britain’s best loved landscapes, including Goring Gap and the southern Cotswolds

02 Jan 2016

Pictures of the day

A tourist uses a water jet pack in Indonesia, December 30, 2015

Chameleon chow, Pasadena Rose Parade and photo-bombing whale

02 Jan 2016

Pictures of the day

Today: new year 2016 celebrations, flooding and the last sunset of 2015

01 Jan 2016

New project hopes to remove rubbish from world's oceans

The project is the most ambitious effort to rid the Pacific of plastic rubbish to date

With concerns growing over the amount of plastic pollution at sea, a pilot project scheduled to start in Japan could hold the solution

31 Dec 2015

'Increased chance' of NYE Northern Lights over UK

The Northern Lights photgraphed over Derwentwater, near Keswick in the Lake District on October 8 2015

The Northern Lights may be visible on New Year's Eve over parts of England, Wales and Scotland as scientists detect increase in geomagnetic space activity

31 Dec 2015

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