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.
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
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HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .