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.
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
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 .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .