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 terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
