A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks. Five-year-old Ellis Stacey developed a one-in-a-million condition that gripped his body, covering his skin in agonising blisters. Within days, the skin on his face, back, arms and legs had peeled off. His devastated parents, Kayleigh Drayton, 25, and aerospace technician Carl Stacey, 26, were warned that he could die within days as the condition ravaged his body.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
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 .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .