It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father. The dedicated dad takes a break from eating as he carries the eggs until they hatch, while the female continues her routine as normal. The nocturnal male cardinalfish appears to glow in the darkness as it proudly displays his brood. The stunning photographs were captured by 39-year-old photographer Marcello Di Francesco while on a trip around the Philippine Islands.
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
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 .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .