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.
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .