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 disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
A couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last week and have received a special card from newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
On June 23, 2017, Coral Denakis, now 27, woke up on the morning of her wedding day to find a car on fire outside her hotel .
TWIN SISTERS from Australia have taken their sisterly bond to the extreme by spending £150,000 to look IDENTICAL .