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..
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .