Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .

A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .

SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .

A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .