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.
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .