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.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .