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 RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .