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.
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A scorned woman sparked a punch-up in an airport after she caught her copper boyfriend returning from a romantic holiday with a female police officer .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .
INTIMATELY showcasing personal artefacts from a family's life, this abandoned bungalow has been left to rot for almost a decade .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .