An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .

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

SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .

AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .

MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .

SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .

A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

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

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .