WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .

SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

Meet the sisters who have both been diagnosed with a one in 3 .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .