Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions. The porcupines, after leaving their spikey mark, hurry away from the pack of big cats. But they are unable to escape when the pride's alpha male lion arrives and devours the retreating spine covered rodents. Amateur photographer and software tester Philip Eglise witness the battle during a trip to the Kalahari Desert, South Africa .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .