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 unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .