An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .

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

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 .

A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .