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.
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .
A transgender woman has revealed how she was able to fund her transformation using £100K gifted to her by online admirers .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .