Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost. The images of the isolated polar bear were taken by Italian academic researcher Marco Gaiotto, 30, who was aboard a ship touring Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. 'This polar bear was calm in its natural habitat, patrolling the ice in search for seals,” says Marco, of Genova, Italy. 'They are not used to seeing humans, so their curiosity often overpowers their suspicion and they may come incredibly close to you.…
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .