It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father. The dedicated dad takes a break from eating as he carries the eggs until they hatch, while the female continues her routine as normal. The nocturnal male cardinalfish appears to glow in the darkness as it proudly displays his brood. The stunning photographs were captured by 39-year-old photographer Marcello Di Francesco while on a trip around the Philippine Islands.
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .