A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo. First you see him, now you don't - the Whitemargin Stargazer fish is one of the most elusive sea creatures to marine photographers due to their unusual hunting habits. So when Milton Keynes snapper Matt Oldfield, 40, was diving off the coast of the volcanic island of Sangeang in Indonesia, he was amazed to have finally spied one. Just as Matt began to take the fish's picture, the formidable predator broke cover to investigate.
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .