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.
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .