A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air. After a hard day of fishing with his mum and siblings, this cub is ready for a rest as he takes a dip in the river. The chilled out grizzly bear cub was photographed by Canadian photographer Patrick Roque, 50, on a trip to British Columbia, Canada. ‘The photos depict a typical grizzly cub playing and exploring,’ says Patrick, of Alberta, Canada.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
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 .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .