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…
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
