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 trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
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 .
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 .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .