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.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .