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 TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .