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..
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
