Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals. The jaw-dropping moment stunned spectators watching from a catamaran near Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa. The hungry shark emerged from the water and bit down on the catamaran's dummy seal, before disappearing into the waves. Yirui Heng, of Singapore, photographed the action, which lasted for just seconds.
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .