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 .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .