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...
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .