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...
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
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 .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .