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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .