With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .

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 Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .