Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

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

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

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

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .