A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love .

FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .

SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .

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 .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .