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.
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .