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.
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
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 .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
