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.
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .