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..
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .