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..
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .