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 starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
