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.
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .