A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

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

PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .

An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .

Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .

A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .