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...
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
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 .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .