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..
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
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 .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
