VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

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 .

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .

Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .

A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .

A woman who suffered from body dysmorphic disorder has overcome her illness by becoming a LINGERIE MODEL .

Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .

Several times a year, Gemma, 21, can be found mumbling her words and struggling to concentrate as she walks around in a dream-like state .