A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue. The louse-like parasite, which entered through the gills of the small fish, is now so big that its stripy, orange host can barely close its mouth. The unfortunate clownfish was spotted by 44-year-old photographer and law professor Lars Oliver Michaelis in the shallow waters of the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .