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.
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .