PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session. These coastal brown bears gather for the sockeye salmon, who are attempting to get to their natal spawning ground. The giant fur-balls can eat up to 168 lbs of the protein-rich fish in a single day, providing them with the fat reserves they need to survive the winter hibernation.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .