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 SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .