Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat. The rodent, after being locked in a tense stare down with its feline foe, narrowly escapes the paws of the predator by scurrying to freedom. The moment was captured by French nutrition student Enora Lebosse in her garden in Brittany, France. The 20-year-old, originally of Saint-Malo, France, says: ‘My pet cat, Bastet, was hot on the heels of a little field mouse…
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
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 .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
