Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror. She had every reason to be proud. In the space of a year, she had lost an incredible 17 stone. Her weight dropped from 37st 1lbs to 19st 7lbs, and she slipped into a dress before gazing at her newly svelte figure. With her smokey eye makeup and black skater dress, she could have been glamming up for a night on the tiles with her girlfriends. Instead, it was Halloween, 2013, and Ava was hiding a huge secret. Born a boy named William, it was the first time she had ever dressed as a girl – and everything fell into place.
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
