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 woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A mum has warned of the dangers of child eating disorders, after her 10-year-old daughter developed anorexia when school bullies branded her ‘FAT’ .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
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DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .