PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner. The adult barn swallow arrives and hovers in mid-air, with an insect hanging from its beak. The six-legged treat is then delivered directly into the young bird’s open mouth, with the mother bird still hovering above. Wildlife photographer Menno Schaefer, of Zaandam, Netherlands, captured the moment during a trip to an open field in Spaarnwoude, a village north of Amsterdam.
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
football club has scored an own goal after it had to embarrassingly rename its stadium in honour of the DEVIL .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
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 .
An artist has NAILED IT by creating beautiful and perfectly precise artwork using a hammer and 30,000 nails .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
Vikki Jose, 26 loves nothing more than lavishing gifts on her loved ones at Christmas time .