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.
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
