A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .

A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .

A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .