A manatee makes the most of his underwater guests by rolling onto his back for a belly rub. The manatee appears apprehensive at first, but he soon cosies up to the divers. The photographs were taken by marine biologist Andrew Pearson in Crystal River, Florida at the Crystal River Wildlife Refuge. The 32 year old photographer, of Southampton, says: ‘We spent several days snorkelling with wild manatees.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .