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..
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .