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.
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 .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
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 .