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.
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .