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.
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
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 .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .