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.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .
Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .
Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .
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 .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .