Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

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

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

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

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

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .