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.
Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .