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.
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .