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.
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .