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.
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
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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 .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
