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.
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
