An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake. Pictured in the Scottish Highlands, the bird hits the water before lifting off with a rainbow trout in its talons. The striking photographs were captured by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron, of Watford, when he visited the Rothiemurchus fishery in Aviemore, Scotland.
A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
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 .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .