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.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .
A man has lost an incredible 20st after his addiction to food left him £15k in debt .
A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A teenager bullied for having birthmarks all over her body now hopes to become a Hollywood actress to show girls that beauty comes from being unique .
A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .