An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .

CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .