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.
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
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 .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .