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 group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .