RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera. After an afternoon of relaxing on the beach, he finally decides to acknowledge his audience as he rolls around in the sand. This adorable seal was photographed by German photographer Jeannette Rudloff, 36, after she spotted the young pup waving on the Island of Heligoland, Germany. 'This small grey seal was not moving too much at first, as he was only a few days old,' says Jeannette, of Morfelden.
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .