ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

A Canadian photographer has captured crystal clear mirror images of Toronto's architecture reflected in puddles - simply by using his iPhone .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .