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.
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
