A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .

A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .

A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .