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.
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .