From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .

A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .