A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The magnificent mammals swim up to several boats full of tourists and get so close that the passengers can stroke the mother and baby whale. The special moment was photographed by lawyer Andrea Izzotti, 47, of Genovia, Italy. Andrea says: “The mother was milking her calf in shallow waters, but they are very curious animals and they came up to our boats to see the humans.
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
