A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach. Lying on the sand, the seal gazes down at her fluffy baby as it playfully wriggles around underneath her flipper. The heart-warming scene was captured by 46-year-old photographer Elmar Weiss on a beach in Heligoland, Germany. Elmar, of Hamburg, Germany says: "I have never seen such a loving bond between a seal and her baby before...
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
