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..
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life .
An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .