DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

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’ .

PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .