nationalgeographicdaily:

Humpback Whale Calf
Photo: Phil Cothran

This curious calf swam right up to me for a close encounter. I could not have asked for better shooting conditions in the water. 

Humpback whales

allcreatures:

A meerkat scouting for predators in the Kalahari

Picture: HANNES LOCHNER / BARCROFT MEDIA (via Colours of the Kalahari: a new book of pictures by South African wildlife photographer Hannes Lochner - Telegraph)

awesome!