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.
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
