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 frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .