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 group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .