The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

BRITISH kingfishers love to cool off by creating a splash .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

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 .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .

A mother-of-three has revealed how her nine-month-old daughter was severely burnt after knocking a scalding bottle warmer over herself at daycare .