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..
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .