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.
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
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THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .