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 mum who weighed just 8st 1lb at eight months pregnant has battled her eating disorder to give birth to a healthy baby girl .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .