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.
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
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 .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .