Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .