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..
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .