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.
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
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 .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .