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

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

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 .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .

AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .

THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .