It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .

A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

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

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

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

DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .