A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free. With all its tiny might, the rodent manages to pull its paw free from the clutch of the huge heron's beak. This moment was caught by professional photographer Daniel Dietrich, 44, in Point Reyes, California. Daniel, originally of New York, says: “The blue heron first attempted to spear the gopher with its beak while the rodent retreated into its burrow.
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
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 .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
