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..
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .