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 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 .
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 .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .