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..
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .