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.
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
