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..
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .