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..
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .