August 10, 2010 – 1:47 am
Wildlife photographer Howard Reid was observing the nest of a red-bellied woodpecker at his home in Florida, and captured a battle between a cheeky squirrel and a female woodpecker, desperate to save her nest.
Having worked hard for many hours creating a nest in a tree, the woodpecker flew off to search for the evening’s [...]
August 10, 2010 – 1:40 am
Dancing in the rain, spread eagle in an Apple store and jumping for joy at a baseball game, these professional dancers pull out all the stops set against iconic Manhattan backdrops.
Making up New York photographer Jordan Matter’s “Dancers Among Us” project, performance artists from the Paul Taylor Dance Company act almost as living gorilla [...]
August 2, 2010 – 11:59 pm
Low angle shot show an Elephant bull, kicking dust, water running from trunk, wet from splashing at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.
This incredible image gives a unique mouse-eye-view of majestic African elephants living wild on the plains.
Photographers Barrie Wilkins and Jill Sneesby got this spectacular up-close-and-personal shot of the colossal animal by digging [...]
Worm the mouse strikes a pose at five weeks old as he’s pictured tucking up in bed with a miniature teddy bear, in Portsmouth, England.
Budding fashion photographer Jessica Florence is so desperate for models to snap, she’s turned to her pet rats.
Picturing them in a variety of cute, cuddly and sometimes hilarious situations, [...]
A damselfly covered in early morning dew creates a bejewelled effect in the morning sunshine.
The dew-covered insects were captured on camera by Patrick Goossens.
The 50-year-old photographer has dedicated years to getting the perfect shot, studying dragonfly and damselfly behaviour to help him get closer to the creatures.
Patrick, from St-Martens-Bodegem, near Brussels, Belgium, says: “I [...]
The first few seconds of a mosquito’s life captured on camera in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.
Measuring just two millimetres in length these newly hatched mosquitos were captured by brothers Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas.
Will noticed dozens of mosquito larvae swimming around in a plant pot full of stagnant water at their parents’ home, so they [...]