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 middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .
Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .
A woman whose daughter committed suicide after being raped as a child, has revealed she donated her organs - saving four peoples’ lives .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .