SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia. The dolphins swim into shallow waters, just three metres from the beach, and eat fish from the hands of locals. The eye-opening encounter was captured by 47-year-old lawyer and photographer Andrea Izzotti at Monkey Mia beach, a popular tourist destination on the west coast of Australia.
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .