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.
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .