A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis. As the green praying mantis lifts its body and prepares for battles, the amber bug simply stares into the face of the much larger rival. Photographer Monica Anantyowati captured the tense staredown in a garden close to her home in Malang, Indonesia.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .