VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .

A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .