A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .