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…
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
