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 .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .