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.
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .
A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .