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.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .