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.
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
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 .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .