North Sea

Record numbers of baby seals born on North German islands

A bonanza year for seal-watchers: the population of the cute grey squealers in the North sea is growing and so are the numbers of Germans coming to gawp at them.

Environment

What's killing all the North Sea seals?

Scores of dead seals have washed up on the shores of the North Sea coast in Schleswig-Holstein since the start of the month to the puzzlement of veterinary experts, who have yet to find a cause.

seal

Seal escapes, hangs out with swans

A young seal has become a special attraction at a German zoo - she's escaped from her enclosure and is hanging out in the swan lake. She's been there for three weeks, happily eating fish left out for her, but refusing to be caught.

media

Proud mum Klum ecstatic about new baby girl Lou Sulola

German supermodel Heidi Klum has broken her silence over the birth of her fourth child, confirming that the little girl’s name is Lou Sulola Samuel.

names

Heidi Klum to take Seal’s surname

Supermodel Heidi Klum apparently feels her surname is too German for America and has reportedly filed to change it to Samuel – the last name of her husband, pop singer Seal.