SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .

THIS caring wallaby shares her lunch with a hungry pigeon .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

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

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .

A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .