Hugh Pearson / Leopard (Panthera pardus) resting, Erindi Game Reserve, Namibia.

Hugh Pearson / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf swimming, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean

Hugh Pearson / BBC Producer, Hugh Pearson, recording sound of Cape gannets (Morus capensis) Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Hugh Pearson / Black footed / Jackass penguins swimming {Spheniscus demersus} Cape Town, South Africa

Hugh Pearson / Black footed / Jackass penguins on beach {Spheniscus demersus} Cape Town, South Africa

Hugh Pearson / Black footed / Jackass penguins on beach {Spheniscus demersus} Cape Town, South Africa

Hugh Pearson / Golden ghost crab {Ocypode convexa} 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia

Hugh Pearson / Bottle nosed dolphin blowing at surface {Tursiops truncatus} Shark Bay, W Australia

Hugh Pearson / Snares island penguin, dispute {Eudyptes robustus} Snares Island, New Zealand

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of shifting sand forming a spit caused by longshore drift, off the coast of the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique, May 2011.

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of Mount Namuli, Mozambique, May 2011.

Hugh Pearson / Aerial view of Mount Namuli, Mozambique, May 2011.