Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions. The porcupines, after leaving their spikey mark, hurry away from the pack of big cats. But they are unable to escape when the pride's alpha male lion arrives and devours the retreating spine covered rodents. Amateur photographer and software tester Philip Eglise witness the battle during a trip to the Kalahari Desert, South Africa .
A Hereford woman has lost 10st 3lbs after ditching her £260-a-month takeaway habit .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
INTIMATELY showcasing personal artefacts from a family's life, this abandoned bungalow has been left to rot for almost a decade .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
When Kylie Holgate discovered her fiancé was having an affair, her world came crashing down .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .