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 Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
