CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious. Lying on the sand with his eyes closed, he lets out a belly laugh for the camera. The amused harbour seal was photographed by German photographer Tobias Kuhl, 27, on a trip to the small island Helgoland in Germany. ‘I had been watching the seals for about fourteen days during my trip to Helgoland,’ says Tobias, of Bonn, Germany.
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .