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.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .
A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .