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...
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .