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..
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .