Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

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

These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .