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 brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
Kelly Harvey, 30 and new boyfriend Ryan Archbold -A bereaved wife once voted Mum Of The Year has been convicted of benefit fraud after claiming widow's allowance long after her new partner had moved in .
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 .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .
A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .