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…
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
