A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

A curious clownfish peaks through the tentacles of a sea anemone .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .