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...
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .