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
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .