WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart. The harp seals, aged between two and ten-days-old, roll around in the snow and explore their new surroundings. The adorable scene was captured in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts. The 44-year-old spent three days with the seals when she visited a breeding site earlier this month.
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .