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..
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
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 .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .