AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

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

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

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

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her .

Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .