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

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .

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 .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

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

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

A talented 16st pole dancer who was once dubbed a 'disgusting human form' by online trolls is fighting back to show her bullies that big is beautiful .

WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .