FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .

A fish almost escapes the beak of a bird as they both soar through the air .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

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 northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

THIS caring wallaby shares her lunch with a hungry pigeon .

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .

A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .