LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime. The brother and sister embrace with a friendly hug, as they catch their breath after a busy afternoon. These adorable photographs were captured by Russian photographer Alexey Tishchenko, 43, after his love of wildlife and nature led him into photography. Pictured in Churchill, Canada, these images capture the cute relationship between these two bears perfectly. 'These young polar bears are brother and sister,' explains Alexey.
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
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 .