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.
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
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 .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
A mum has warned of the dangers of child eating disorders, after her 10-year-old daughter developed anorexia when school bullies branded her ‘FAT’ .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .