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.
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .