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..
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .