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.
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
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 middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .