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.
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink.
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America.
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK.
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo.
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside.
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill.
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera.
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps.
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate.
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner.