The nature-loving youngster spotted the 9-inch (22 cm) pale amphibian, that was nestled in the rocks of a river.

"They said I needed to cover them because they'd been scaring the life out of everyone," the college lecturer said.

Giant "kraken-like" octopuses were terrifying apex predators of the oceans 100 million years ago, according to new research.

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Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) By Filipa Gaspar ...

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The bizarre picture was even voted NASA's “Image of the Week” by the public.

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Wound specialist Sylvie Hampton, who only began her nursing career in her 40s, still works gruelling 18-hour days - rarely ...