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...
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .