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 grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .