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 brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
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 .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .