FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle. Fighting to become successful young adults, they throw punches and push each other in a bid to win the fight. These fierce images taken by Dr Michal Samuni-Blank, capture the pair of blackback gorillas as they punch and chase each other around their impressive enclosure. Michal, an Israeli-Born zoologist, took the snaps at Bronx Zoo, New York in order to learn more about the primates.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .