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 photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
