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.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .