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.
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .