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.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .