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.
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
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 photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .