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.
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
