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 young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .