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 A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .