A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish. But the hungry pup’s mission to steal the catch is cut short when he is waved away by the larger otter. The giant river otters, a breed of otter native to South America and the largest in the world, were photographed by Morten Ross during a trip to the Peruvian Amazon. The 49-year-old IT service manager observed the animals at the Amazon Research and Conservation Centre in Soledad, Peru
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
