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 young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .