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.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
