Animal Discoveries

When you live at one of the most isolated corners of the planet, a dog really is man's best friend.
And when a hungry polar bear lumbered ashore to forage for food among the rubbish bins at a weather station, the dogs of Bely Island off the tip of the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia risked their lives to prove their worth....

When an unfortunate tortoise wandered into a pride of lions there appeared to be only one possible outcome.
So the tortoise did what all tortoises do in such sticky situations…it went into its shell and awaited the inevitable.
But luckily the young lioness cubs were clearly puzzled by the strange shelled creature in their midst and didn’t know what to do next....

Taking pictures of big cats is always a tricky business, but if you want really intimate shots you have to get as close to them as you dare without becoming their dinner.
That's how wildlife photographer Chris Weston snapped these amazing shots of a pride of lions while documenting big game in Zimbabwe....

A dog-loving woman has revealed she spends £15,000-per-year raising her six British bulldogs like children - with their own wardrobes, organic diets and beauty regimes.
Karen Chamberlain, 49, and partner Peter Dowling, 48, have christened their six bulldogs 'fur kids' and feed them only organic food with daily vitamin supplements....