A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs. The feisty ants, all desperately trying to keep hold of their dinner, are eventually joined by a small colony of weaver ants as they all bid to take the prize home. The struggle over the horse fly was photographed in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India in the back garden of Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai. The 39-year-old Indian neurosurgeon says: “There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants.
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .