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..
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .