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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
