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..
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 .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .