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 grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .