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.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .