A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .

SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .

A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .

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 .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .