Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .

A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .

A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .