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.
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .