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..
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .