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..
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .