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 kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
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 photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .