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 proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
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 .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
