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
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .