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 pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .