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.
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .