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..
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .