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.
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
