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 back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
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 .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
