A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .

CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .