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.
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea.
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner.
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack.
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade.
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt.
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland.
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers.
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth.
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013.