With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .

An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .

A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .