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.
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .