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.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .