WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .

LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .

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

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .