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.
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .