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.
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .