High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

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 .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

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

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .