A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .

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 loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

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

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

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 .

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