A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .

A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .

A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .

When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .