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.
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .