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.
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .
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An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .