A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .

GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .

An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .