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.

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat.

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 tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels.

A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls.

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy.

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral.

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food.

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife.

A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography.

A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots.

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

A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap.

A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age.

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo.