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.
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
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 .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .