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.
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .