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.
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .