This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off. The 500lb bear confronted the fox on the tidal flats of the Katmai National Park in southern Alaska. After a short chase, where the quick-footed fox deftly outmanoeuvred the bear, the two animals sat completely still and waited for the other to make a move. American photographer Nate Zeman witnessed the scene in the Alaskan national park after he saw the bear emerge from a nearby forest and approach the fox.
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .