Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm. The gentle giants have travelled 300 miles from the cold winter waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the springs of Crystal River, Florida. For manatees, it is vital they retain as much body heat as possible, otherwise their digestive systems can shut down. Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts visited the lumbering 1,200lb creatures in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, where sick manatees are rescued and given care and surgery to get them back in the wild.
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .