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 tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .