The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .

A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .

ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .