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.
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
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' .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .