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.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
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 .
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SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .