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..
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
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 .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .