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..
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
