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
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .