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.
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
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 .
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 .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .