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

SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

THIS caring wallaby shares her lunch with a hungry pigeon .

A student has finally hit puberty after a four year battle against anorexia stunted his growth .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .