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

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

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 .

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 bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

KICKING back and relaxing with his arms outstretched, this chilled-out frog appears to be loving life as he takes some time out on a water lily leaf .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .

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

WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .