BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip. Submerged below the surface, he tries his hand at blowing bubbles for his audience, before gobbling up breakfast. James Hayward, a 15 year old student from Kendal, Cumbria, captured these photographs inside the 'Frozen Tundra' section of Singapore Zoo. Looking through a large viewing area below water, James managed to take several pictures of Inuka, the male polar bear, while he played under the water after he dived for food.
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .