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.
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
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 .