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..
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
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BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .