A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school.

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet.

An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake.

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

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley.

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.

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.

STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you.

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings.

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales.

A Canadian photographer has captured crystal clear mirror images of Toronto's architecture reflected in puddles - simply by using his iPhone.