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 mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
