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.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
