AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

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

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .

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

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .