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.
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .