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...
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .