THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water. Using its massive feet to jump from lily pad to lily pad, this Jacana fails to disappear into the background when catching its food. These funny photographs were taken by amateur photographer Ian Gordon Brown, 53, after he spotted the African Jacana at the Chobe nature reserve, Botswana. 'What is absolutely amazing is from birth, the chicks feed themselves - the parents don't feed them at all,'said Ian
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
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 photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .