SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other. The lumbering pair's sibling rivalry heats up the frosty winter setting in snow swept Alaska. American photographer and tour guide, Matthew Studebaker, 30, managed to capture these extraordinary shots in 25 miles per hour wind on Barrier Islands, Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. No strangers to the freezing weather, the playful polar bears sparred in temperatures of minus six degrees. "These siblings were teasing each other and sparring during a snowstorm," explains Matthew of Richfield, Ohio.
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .