A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .