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 lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .