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.
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .