BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test. The one year old Eurasian brown bear cub, with the help of her mother and other siblings, scampers ten metres up the tree trunk, before perching on one of the branches. The nimble cub clings on with her claws as the tree wobbles back and forth. This adorable family bonding time was captured by Lithuanian photographers Dalia Kvedaraite, 35, and Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a visit to the Martinselkonen Nature Reserve, Russia.
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .