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.
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
