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.
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .