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.
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .