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.
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 .
A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
Aged 27, I was swept off my feet by my gorgeous husband, Lee, now 42 .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .