A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis. As the green praying mantis lifts its body and prepares for battles, the amber bug simply stares into the face of the much larger rival. Photographer Monica Anantyowati captured the tense staredown in a garden close to her home in Malang, Indonesia.
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 .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .