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 BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .