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...
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BRAVE TOT ALLERGIC TO SUN: Leighton Brownrigg, 2 .
A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A woman who has suffered over 200 allergic reactions in seven years, has been crowned a BEAUTY QUEEN .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .