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 SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .