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.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .