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.
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
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 panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .