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..
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
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 .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
