A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .

WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a ‘thigh gap’, she didn'’t realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .

Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

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