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.
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .