An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

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 .

Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .

CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

A mother-of-three has revealed how her nine-month-old daughter was severely burnt after knocking a scalding bottle warmer over herself at daycare .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .