LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life .

When Louise Steen walked down the aisle, she imagined a perfect future with her older hubby – but her life would soon become a living hell .

Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .