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.
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .