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..
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .