WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

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 .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .

AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .

Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .