Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice. These adorable photographs were taken by Canadian photographer Dennis Minty, 67, when he was working as a polar bear guide on the west side of Hudson Bay, Canada. “This is where bears gather through October and November, in anticipation of the freeze-up of the Bay,” says Dennis, of Newfoundland and Labrador.
AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .