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 BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .