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...
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .