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 are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare.
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt.
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen.
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him.
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard.
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits.
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits.
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo.
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible.
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish.
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales.