A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .

A mum has warned of the dangers of child eating disorders, after her 10-year-old daughter developed anorexia when school bullies branded her ‘FAT’ .

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

SWOOPING down from the sky, this agitated eagle is looking for a fight .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .