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.
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
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 .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .