Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
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 BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .