A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow. Pictured on the coast of Kaktovik on Barter Island, the young polar bears roll around in the powdery snow as they tickle and wrestle together. Finishing their play-date, one of the cheeky bears teasingly sticks out its tongue before bounding towards their mother.
A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .