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 German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .