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.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .