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.
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .