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 photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
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 .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .