A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

Two dogs who couldn't keep their paws off each other have been united in matrimonial bliss after their owners shelled out $10,000 on a lavish canine wedding ceremony .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .

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

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .