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 soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .