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.
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .