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.
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love .