DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps. These may be 30 tonne whoppers - but that doesn't mean the movements of whale sharks don't remain a mystery. Pictures show brave marine scientists tagging the huge fish with harpoons to track their 8,000 mile journeys through the sea at depths of up to 3,000-feet. Underwater photographer Peter Verhoog, from Holland teamed up with Dr Mark Meekan of the Australian Institute of Marine Science to cover the underwater research project in Ningaloo Reef, 800-miles off the coast of Western Australia
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
