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.
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .