Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

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

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .

A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

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

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

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 .

Meet the real life princess who has spent £10k transforming herself into nine Disney beauties .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .