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.
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .