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 young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .