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.
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
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 .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
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 .