A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps'. First-time mum Amanda Jessup was in complete shock when she was told by A&E staff that not only was she pregnant, but her baby was crowning. The 23-year-old from Folkestone, Kent, had thought nothing of gaining two stone in four months.
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .