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 SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
