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...
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
