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 cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .