WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

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

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

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

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 .

THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - McDIVING CRAZE GOES VIRAL - DRUNK students have brought the term 'extra-value meal' to a new level in a bizarre internet craze sweeping across McDonalds chains - McDiving .

A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .