FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts. And with its orange tan to match, it certainly looks the part as it holds its pose in front of the camera. This cute photograph was taken by amateur photographer Ian Rentoul, 54, after a visit to The British Wildlife Centre in Surrey. 'This athletic-looking squirrel was waiting eagerly to be fed,' said Ian.
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .