STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity. He bobs his eyes above the water and surveys the scene, ready for his close-up. These photographs were captured by French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie, 39, after he spotted the friendly toad in the resurgence of a little river near Montpellier, France. Mathieu, of Montpellier, France, was investigating underwater in a river named 'la Bueges' when he put his hand on the river bed and the toad grabbed his fingers.
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .