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..
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .