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.
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
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 .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
