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..
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A restaurant famed for creating the 3lb cheeseburger has unveiled its latest culinary challenge – the largest chilli cheese hotdog in Europe .
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A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .
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An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
After Leigh Hancock, 36, joined Fallon Bramall's boxing gym she owned with her husband, the pair took him under their wing .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .