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.
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .