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.
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .