Distressing pictures of lost and emaciated predator on streets of Norilsk shocked the world earlier this year, but now she is transformed.

Touching footage as Gerda shows her maternal instincts to care and play with her baby.

UK-based Mothercare chain chooses our photographer's pictures for new range.

Polar bear Gerda cradles her three month old female cub in magical pictures from Novosibirsk Zoo.

Thousands join online petition to stop famous polar bear cub being exiled to the other side of the world.

Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.

Thousands had joined petition to stop Shilka the cub being exiled to the other side of the world but she could be gone by end of the month.

Photographers enchanted by polar bear's maternal instinct as they capture these heartwarming pictures.