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.
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .