Along the African coast lies the world’s only coastal desert: the Namib Sand Sea. The ecological marvel, which spans 7,605,162 acres, encompasses shifting, mountainous dunes bathed in low-hanging fog.

A lizard known as the 'f*** you' gecko has lived up to its reputation - after it bit a boy on his top lip and would not let go. Pictures of the child show him crying and in pain as he holds the grey ...