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 trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .