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A new edition of David Attenborough's groundbreaking Life on Earth will be published in October 2018 by William Collins. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the boo publication, David Attenborough has revisited the text, taken into account new scientific discoveries, and chosen an entirely new set of images. Nature Picture Library is proud to have made a major contribution to this lavishly illustrated landmark publication, which tells in such an enthralling way the story of the development of life on earth. This gallery contains all the images which NPL supplied for the book.
Portugese man-of-war / Blue Bottle {Physalia physalis}, Indo-pacific
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Juergen Freund / Portugese man-of-war / Blue Bottle {Physalia physalis}, Indo-pacific
Hourglass treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) male with inflated vocal sac calling at night, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica
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Alex Hyde / Hourglass treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) male with inflated vocal sac calling at night, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica
Bristlecone pine near Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park in winter, Nevada, USA
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Kirkendall-Spring / Bristlecone pine near Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park in winter, Nevada, USA
Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback portrait, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda
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Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback portrait, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda
Red-shanked Douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) small group in canopy eating young leaves, Vietnam
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Cyril Ruoso / Red-shanked Douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) small group in canopy eating young leaves, Vietnam
View from below of silhouette of diver and Atlantic sailfish {Istiophorus albicans} attacking bait ball of Spanish sardines / gilt sardine / pilchard / round sardinella {Sardinella aurita} off Yucatan...
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Doug Perrine / View from below of silhouette of diver and Atlantic sailfish {Istiophorus albicans} attacking bait ball of Spanish sardines / gilt sardine / pilchard / round sardinella {Sardinella aurita} off Yucatan...
Panther Chameleon {Furcifer pardalis} climbing along branch on beach, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Alex Hyde / Panther Chameleon {Furcifer pardalis} climbing along branch on beach, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
RF - Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) jumping, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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David Pattyn / RF - Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) jumping, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) feeding at an Angel's or Devil's Trumpet Flower (Datura sp.). Yanacocha montane cloud forest, Ecuador.
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Nick Garbutt / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) feeding at an Angel's or Devil's Trumpet Flower (Datura sp.). Yanacocha montane cloud forest, Ecuador.
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) making its way down sand bank into to the Rufiji Rivre, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.
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Charlie Summers / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) making its way down sand bank into to the Rufiji Rivre, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.
Portrait of Bigfin squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) hovering in open water above a coral reef at night. Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean
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Alex Mustard / Portrait of Bigfin squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) hovering in open water above a coral reef at night. Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean
Chimpanzee watches mother fishing for termites, Gombe NP, Tanzania 2003 'Fifi' + 'Furaha'
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Anup Shah / Chimpanzee watches mother fishing for termites, Gombe NP, Tanzania 2003 'Fifi' + 'Furaha'