STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

A former food addict who had spent her whole life dreaming of romance shed an astonishing 12st 7lbs to experience love for the first time .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .