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..
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
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 .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .