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.
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .
A teenager bullied for having birthmarks all over her body now hopes to become a Hollywood actress to show girls that beauty comes from being unique .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .