An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

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

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CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .