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..
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .