ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another. The cubs reveal their sweet sibling bond by wrapping their arms around each other. Italian photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza captured the special moment in the Bavarian Forest in Bavaria, Germany. The 39-year-old, of Parma, Italy, says: “Bears, especially young ones, are very playful and curious.
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
A woman who has suffered over 200 allergic reactions in seven years, has been crowned a BEAUTY QUEEN .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .