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.
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
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 .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .