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.
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
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 .