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..
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .