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 striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .