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.
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .