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.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .