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 SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .