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 once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
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A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
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Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .