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.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .