STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .

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

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

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .