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MUST CREDIT - Picture: OCEAN MYSTERIES WITH JEFF CORWIN TV SHOW, LITTON ENTERTAINMENT WORLD RECORD! I (and the Ocean Mysteries team) are so excited! Turns out this giant freshwater stingray maybe a world record for the largest freshwater fish ever captured! It measured over 14 ft long and over 8 ft wide! I will let you know the final results! FYI, this stingray was captured with the world's leading specialist on these animals Dr Ning, the information from her study is solely for conservation, and as you can see in the picture this is the moment of release, the animal is doing well and thriving. The entire story will be featured in a future episode of Ocean Mysteries on ABC. Cheers from Thailand, Jeff

Now that’s what you call a stingray

IT WEIGHS a whopping 360 kilograms and is the size of a car. This massive stingray, says the team that caught it, could be the largest freshwater fish on record.

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FS Sonne 2014/2015; Expedition SO237; Vema-TRANSIT

What are these alien metal balls?

FIRST a net brought up several strange metal balls from the seabed. Then researchers sent down a submersible. What they saw was astounding.

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Is this the most excited weatherman ever?

THIS Weather Channel meteorologist takes his excitement over a rare weather phenomenon to the next level. It is impossible not to smile at his amazing reaction.

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Mystery surrounds massive ice ring

Mystery surrounds massive ice ring

THERE’S a strange circle in the middle of Antarctica’s ice sheet. Was it created by a house-sized meteorite hit a decade ago? Facebook seems determined to find out.

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Thai officers use a net to catch fish at basement of the abandoned shopping mall in Bangkok ,Thailand Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. The mall , once an exotic attraction among locals and tourists who came to see the fish, is scheduled to be demolished soon. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

The only thing at this shopping centre is fish

THESE images look like something out of a futuristic doomsday tale. But while there are no shoppers in sight, it’s brimming with life.

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NT Parks and Wildlife pic of floods

Aussie supersoaker: ‘It’s the perfect storm’

IN A massive display of Mother Nature’s raw power, a surge of water appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the outback and the coast is next.

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Reader's Pics; Sent in by:Dani Katz; Email: danikatz@bigpond.net.au; Phone : 0414552403; Photo Title: Young male King Parrot comes for a visit Caption for photo : Young male King Parrot comes for a visit

Why don’t birds have teeth?

SCIENTISTS believe they have solved the mystery of why birds no longer have teeth. The answer lies in the genomes of modern birds and gives an insight into when the beak came about.

Supplied image of Australian weather presenter Magdalena Roze.

What can you expect this summer?

WE’RE only eight days into summer, and already the weather has been very erratic. So what does the rest of summer hold? We asked Magdalena Roze.

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A huge ocean is located under the Earth's surface, but it doesn't look like what you imagine. Picture: Screengrab

The amazing ‘ocean’ trapped underground

A MASSIVE rock layer located hundreds of kilometres below Earth’s crust contains an underground ocean trapped by pressure and hot temperatures. This is no ordinary water.

This image provided by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava from the Kilauea volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii from the lobe that was active in the forest below the Pahoa cemetery overcomes a fence marking private property late on the afternoon of October 31, 2014. Red-hot lava from a slow-erupting volcano has reached a home on Hawaii's Big Island and is threatening an entire town, emergency officials said. The lava flow from the Kilauea volcano, burning everything in its path, had advanced some 90 yards (82 meters) in the past 24 hours towards the town of Pahoa, on the eastern tip of the island, officials said. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US Geological Survey == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:

Slow-moving lava leaves a ‘miracle’ surprise

AS RED hot lava smothers fences and backyards in Hawaii, one family has been surprised by a ‘miracle’ that left one very special item untouched.

Plane phenomenon is out of this world

Plane phenomenon is out of this world

NEXT time you’re lucky enough to score a window seat opposite the sun, watch out for this amazing rainbow glory optical illusion. But blink and you’ll miss it.

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The sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft has imaged many erupting filaments lifting off the active solar surface and blasting enormous bubbles of magnetic plasma into space. This image shows the sun in ultraviolet light, while the field of view extends over 2 million kilometers, or 1.243 million miles, from the solar surface.

Six harrowing ways the world could end

KILLER jellyfish. Robot wars. A vicious eruption from the sun. These are the threats that keep scientists awake at night – and could wipe us out.

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Glow-in-the-dark waves show the sea is alive

Glow-in-the-dark waves show the sea is alive

Manly’s waves glowed an eerie electric blue last night thanks to bioluminescence in a curious creature called a dinoflagellate.

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Witch on broomstick spotted in sky

Witch on broomstick spotted in sky

Members of The Cloud Appreciation Society love Australia’s weird and wonderful clouds and they’re not ashamed to say so. Plus INTERACTIVE.

The highest, angriest traffic jam in the world

The highest, angriest traffic jam in the world

KNIVES, fists, fury and severe overcrowding. That’s the picture up on Mt Everest this climbing season. An Aussie who’s climbed it explains why.

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Places that prove Earth is a mystery

Places that prove Earth is a mystery

EARTH has some pretty cool natural phenomena. We may not know how they formed but they’re awesome to look at. Check these out.

Never ending lightning storm defies belief

Never ending lightning storm defies belief

TALK about wild weather! This lightning storm in South America has been appearing in the same place almost every night for thousands of years.

3AW Melbourne @3AW693 Wonthaggi's #weirdrainbow from a different angle, thanks to listener Jarrod. pic.twitter.com/aD2e4KAo1h

What is this rainbow cloud?

IMAGES of a magical wormhole in the sky over Victoria have caused a sensation on social media. But there’s an explanation behind this colourful phenomenon.

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Weather photo from McKenzie's Bay near Tamarama. Temperatures soar as a large cloud moves in from the northwest.

‘Well, that came on quickly!’

IT went from a beautiful, hot spring day to a dark and furious storm in a matter of minutes. The latest on Sydney’s weird weather.

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The world’s most relaxed natural disaster

The world’s most relaxed natural disaster

IT’S the world’s slowest moving natural disaster, with hot lava moving only 250m each day. But when it hits, the results are terrifying.

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