SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws. This mid-air takeaway was captured by Malaysian photographer Phoo Chan on a trip to Gomes Park in Fremont, California, USA. ‘At first glance this looks like a fight over food, but it is actually an adult white-tailed kite offering her freshly caught vole to her chick,’ says 50-year-old Phoo, of California. Being able to catch the vole in mid-air is part of the chick’s formative training, before the bird is old enough to hunt on his own.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .