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...
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
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 .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .