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.
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .