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..
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
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 .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .