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…
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .