An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

A transgender model, who has spent £180k on surgery to become a ‘desirable’ woman, has told of her struggle to find a man who is openly accepting of trans-women .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

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

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .

This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .

A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .