A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .