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.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .