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.
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .