Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day .

A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .

Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .

A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .