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.
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .