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..
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .