Val d'Isere, France: A composite of four pictures showing a squirrel crossing the race slope during the first training session of the Bellevarde downhill event
Chester, UK: Margaret, the 10-day-old giraffe, is bottle fed by Chester zoo keeper Tim Rowlands. Margaret is the first Rothschild giraffe born at the zoo and is being hand reared after having difficulty suckling from her mother
Singapore: The underside of a spotted ratfish at Underwater World. The fish is considered a missing link between sharks and rays and were brought into the tourist attraction to usher in the Chinese New Year of the Rat
Cuautitlán, Mexico: Elvira Romero shows the difference in colour of regular eggs and the ones laid by her hen, Rabanita. The bird has become a celebrity after people found out that the hen is able to lay green eggs
A snail, which experts have said are the number one enemy in the nation's gardens. Slugs and snails were the most troublesome pests of 2007, according to the Royal Horticultural Society
Four-month-old tiger cubs at Bergzoo in Halle, Germany. A woman visiting the zoo earlier saved one of the cub's lives after the tiger cub lost consciousness when a piece of meat got stuck in his throat. The woman deployed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the cub
Lola, a domestic cat, reaches under her enclosure at the animal sanctuary in Sacramento, California. Lola is one of many pets abandoned or surrendered to county shelters after their owners suffered home foreclosures
Camels drink at the Darmeer Boob borehole near the town of Allay Baday in Somaliland. About 1,000 camels come to the borehole each day, each returning for another drink after about 15 days. Water supply is one of the biggest problems in this region.
Blue tits in a nest. Feeding birds in the winter not only helps them survive the coldest months; it can also boost their ability to breed more successfully in the spring, scientists have said
A man buys goats and sheep in a weekly market in the outskirts of Guwahati, India. Fears over bird flu have prompted the Assam government to put a ban on importing poultry products from other states. This has led to a surge in livestock prices across north-east India
With full bellies house mice get comfortable in a freshly hollowed loaf of bread at a zoo in Tokyo. This is the year of the mouse (also rat) in the Asian zodiac
Durham, UK: Early lambs in the snow
Val d'Isere, France: A composite of four pictures showing a squirrel crossing the race slope during the first training session of the Bellevarde downhill event
Munich, Germany: The new female polar bear at the Hellabrunn zoo is presented to the press
Chester, UK: Margaret, the 10-day-old giraffe, is bottle fed by Chester zoo keeper Tim Rowlands. Margaret is the first Rothschild giraffe born at the zoo and is being hand reared after having difficulty suckling from her mother
Singapore: The underside of a spotted ratfish at Underwater World. The fish is considered a missing link between sharks and rays and were brought into the tourist attraction to usher in the Chinese New Year of the Rat
Guiyang, China: Some wild macaques keep each other warm in Qianling Park
Montevideo, Uruguay: A hummingbird hovers over a flower
Cuautitlán, Mexico: Elvira Romero shows the difference in colour of regular eggs and the ones laid by her hen, Rabanita. The bird has become a celebrity after people found out that the hen is able to lay green eggs
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The fossil of a newly discovered prehistoric crocodile (Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi) at the Federal University
Vienna, Austria: Panda cub Fu Long makes its first public appearance at the Schönbrunn zoo
A snail, which experts have said are the number one enemy in the nation's gardens. Slugs and snails were the most troublesome pests of 2007, according to the Royal Horticultural Society
Four-month-old tiger cubs at Bergzoo in Halle, Germany. A woman visiting the zoo earlier saved one of the cub's lives after the tiger cub lost consciousness when a piece of meat got stuck in his throat. The woman deployed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the cub
Snow covered sheep in a field near Castleside, County Durham, UK
Lola, a domestic cat, reaches under her enclosure at the animal sanctuary in Sacramento, California. Lola is one of many pets abandoned or surrendered to county shelters after their owners suffered home foreclosures
Camels drink at the Darmeer Boob borehole near the town of Allay Baday in Somaliland. About 1,000 camels come to the borehole each day, each returning for another drink after about 15 days. Water supply is one of the biggest problems in this region.
Blue tits in a nest. Feeding birds in the winter not only helps them survive the coldest months; it can also boost their ability to breed more successfully in the spring, scientists have said
A man buys goats and sheep in a weekly market in the outskirts of Guwahati, India. Fears over bird flu have prompted the Assam government to put a ban on importing poultry products from other states. This has led to a surge in livestock prices across north-east India
Whipsnade Zoo's newest Asian elephant calf with mother Azizah at the Bedfordshire wildlife conservation park.
With full bellies house mice get comfortable in a freshly hollowed loaf of bread at a zoo in Tokyo. This is the year of the mouse (also rat) in the Asian zodiac
Female polar bear cub Flocke, who is now seven weeks old, plays in front of a mirror at Nuremberg zoo in Germany