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.
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .