ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another. The cubs reveal their sweet sibling bond by wrapping their arms around each other. Italian photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza captured the special moment in the Bavarian Forest in Bavaria, Germany. The 39-year-old, of Parma, Italy, says: “Bears, especially young ones, are very playful and curious.
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
