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..
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .