It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

INTIMATELY showcasing personal artefacts from a family's life, this abandoned bungalow has been left to rot for almost a decade .

A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .

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