STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow. With his chin resting on his paws, the furry giant looks like he has a lot to think about in Wapusk National Park, located in northern Manitoba, Canada. These photographs were taken by 39-year-old professional photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, while on a seven day trip to the park. At times Alberto, of Parma, Italy, was just three metres away from the polar bears.
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
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 .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .