With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .