A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet. The docile giant, weighing a massive 66,000lbs, happily shares its waters during dinner time. The whale shark is a filter feeder and consumes plankton and small fish by swimming with its formidable jaws open. The amazing images were taken by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts, 44, on a trip to Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
