A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish. Swimming through the water, the striking predator spots a prone sardine and goes straight for the kill. The brilliant underwater photographs were captured off the tip of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico by American wildlife photographer Doug Perrine. The 62-year-old, of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, says: ‘The striped marlins have broken these sardines off from a giant shoal deep below, and forced them upwards to trap them against the surface of the water…
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .