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 diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .