Drone pilot Jason Iggleden snapped footage of a humpback whale following a kayaker near Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
A record 5,092 whales were sighted from various points along the New South Wales coast on Sunday as part of an annual count during the migration season.
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rocket plane took customers to the far reaches of space on its first commercial flight.
The 70-minute mission was purchased by the Italian Air Force and the Italian National Research Council.
The Unity rover climbed 279.00 feet (85 km) over the New Mexico desert before descending back to Earth.
The mission took off from Spaceport America at approximately 08:30 local time (14:30 GMT) and was broadcast live around the world.
Two male platypuses were filmed fighting for territory in Tasmania, Australia. Esme Atkinson, who directed the video, said the animals were "wild" and showed no signs of stopping after 20 minutes. One expert told the BBC male platypuses, which have venomous spurs, can become territorial before the breeding season.
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It looks like a character from a cartoon, but it's a real snailfish on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
A 10m humpback whale has been rescued after becoming entangled in a shark net off Australia's Gold Coast. During the early morning operation, workers used sensitive equipment to free the whale. Environmental groups are urging the nets to be removed during whale migration season, when tens of thousands of mammals pass through Australia's east coast.
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The Hawaiian volcano erupted on Wednesday and is still spewing hot lava from various sources.