WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

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

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .

A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .

Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .