Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show. Climbing right to the top of the tree, the zoo’s spectacled bear Bernardo can often be seen relaxing with his head in the clouds. Four-year-old Bernardo moved to the zoo after travelling from Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. Tim Rowlands, the zoo’s curator of mammals said: “An exchange of animals between the USA and Europe doesn’t happen very often at all, which makes Bernardo even more special to us here at the zoo.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .