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

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

A little boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been described as the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .