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.
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
