A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post. These adorable photographs of two playful bear cubs and their watchful mum were captured by American nature photographer D. Robert Franz, 56, on a visit to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 'What we see in these photographs is the interaction between the mother brown bear and her two cubs,' says D. Robert, of Cody, Wyoming.
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .