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..
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
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 .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .