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.
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
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A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
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Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
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WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .