A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .

SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .

The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .

MEET the painter who makes his living squirting paint from his EYES .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .