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.
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
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 .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .