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 middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .