FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle. Fighting to become successful young adults, they throw punches and push each other in a bid to win the fight. These fierce images taken by Dr Michal Samuni-Blank, capture the pair of blackback gorillas as they punch and chase each other around their impressive enclosure. Michal, an Israeli-Born zoologist, took the snaps at Bronx Zoo, New York in order to learn more about the primates.
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
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 .