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..
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
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POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .