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..
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .