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.
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .