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 mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
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 .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .