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..
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .