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.
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .