Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

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

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .

Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .

From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .