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..
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A woman who was cruelly called ‘tumour girl’ by bullies has finally found love .
FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .