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.
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .