A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs. The feisty ants, all desperately trying to keep hold of their dinner, are eventually joined by a small colony of weaver ants as they all bid to take the prize home. The struggle over the horse fly was photographed in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India in the back garden of Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai. The 39-year-old Indian neurosurgeon says: “There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants.
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .