AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .

A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

After Leigh Hancock, 36, joined Fallon Bramall's boxing gym she owned with her husband, the pair took him under their wing .

A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .

A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .