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.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
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' .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .