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...
A hero dog has saved the life of her asthmatic owner after waking her up during a severe asthma attack .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A former waitress who quit serving tables to become a professional Britney lookalike has told how her incredible likeness has earned her £300,000 as a full time doppelganger .
For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .