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.
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .