A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .

A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

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 NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .