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 curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .