LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .