Guy Edwardes / Path towards the coastguard cottages and the Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs. Seaford Head Nature Reserve, East Sussex, UK, May 2009. *NOT AVAILABLE FOR BOOK COVER USE IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND U...

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pregnant female and juveniles on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pregnant female and juveniles on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coastal rock arch at sunset, Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia

Jeff Foott / Park Avenue view, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Tower Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Marching Men formation, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Marching Men formation, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Double Arch seen through Cove Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Full moon over Balanced Rock formation, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Turret Arch in winter, La Sal Mountains, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Double O Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Turret Arch and the Milky Way, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Mule-ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis) flowers at the The Organ, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Marching Men sandstone formation, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Skyline Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Delicate Arch and the La Sal Mountains, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Winding road and sandstone formations, La Sal Mountains, Arches National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Sandstone rock formations, La Sal Mountains, Arches National Park, Utah

Ralph Pace / Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhynchus) male caught on fishing line, California

Tim Fitzharris / Rock arch, Atuh Beach, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia

Jami Tarris / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd on savanna, Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) calves, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Jeff Foott / Mixed coniferous and deciduous forest after snowfall in autumn, Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Jeff Foott / Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) trees in autumn, Bentonite Hills, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

Jeff Foott / Sandstone rock formations, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking across crack in sea ice during return to breeding colony. Atka Bay, Antarctica. April.

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Forested hills in mist, Ngong Hills, Kenya

Donald M. Jones / Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) males flying with female in spring courtship display, Montana

Graeme Guy/ BIA / Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) pair, Penang, Malaysia

Albert Lleal / Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) leaf, 5x magnification, showing rib and veination, Barcelona, Spain

Albert Lleal / Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) leaf, 2x magnification, showing rib and veination, Barcelona, Spain

Richard Du Toit / Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii), Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Guy Edwardes / Gatklettur, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland, March 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Vik i Myrdal church in winter, with full moon, Iceland. January 2015

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) wing, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

David Fleetham / Schooling Raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) framed in a lava formation off the island of Lanai, Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Schooling Raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) framed in a lava formation off the island of Lanai, Hawaii.

Daniel J. Cox / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) pack on ridge in winter, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Chien Lee / Mountains along lake with choco rainforest, Utria National Park, Colombia

Chien Lee / Limestone rock formations, Snow Mountains, Papua, Indonesia

Benjamin Olson / Rock formations and mountain range, Cordillera Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Paul Bertner / Rainforest at sunrise, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Forest-covered hills and river, Taironaka Lodge, Colombia

Vincent Grafhorst / Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) caravan transporting salt across salt flat, Lake Asale, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Jeff Foott / Deciduous forest and pond in autumn, Jordan Pond, Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine

Jeff Foott / Deciduous forest in autumn, Acadia National Park, Maine

Jeff Foott / Deciduous forest in autumn, Acadia National Park, Maine

Philippe Clement / Razorbill (Alca torda) looking around on sea cliff top at seabird colony in spring, Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, May

Phil Savoie / Swift (Apus apus) flock screaming in flight against blue sky and clouds, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.

Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi) on ridge, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Alex Hyde / Colony of Common Mussels (Mytilus edulis) growing on striated rock formation exposed at low tide. Cornwall, England, UK. Highly commended in the Coast and Marine Category of the British Wildlife Photo...

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) parents and chicks along coast, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group on beach, Volunteer Beach, East Falkland Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) pair, Volunteer Beach, East Falkland Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group on beach, Volunteer Beach, East Falkland Island, Falkland Islands

Heike Odermatt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) trio, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Philippe Clement / Group of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) climbing a cliff face, with others fighting above them, Gran Paradiso National Park, Graian Alps, Italy, June.

Philippe Clement / Three male Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) climbing up a steep mountain rock face, one pushes another one away, Gran Paradiso National Park, Graian Alps, Italy, June.

Philippe Clement / Two male Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) fighting on a steep mountain rock face, Gran Paradiso National Park, Graian Alps, Italy, June.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park, with shadows cast between mountain peaks, and sediment layers visible, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / View of Badlands National Park, with shadows cast between mountain peaks, and sediment layers visible, South Dakota, USA. September 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA, September 2009

Ingo Arndt / Waves crashing against ice cliffs of iceberg off the southern tip of South Georgia Island in wind storm, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence, November 2008

Ingo Arndt / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flock flying in formation to confuse hunting Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus), Rome, Italy. January 2009

Ingo Arndt / Seabird colony nesting on cliff face, Lange Anna, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Yosemite Falls flowing strong with water, Yosemite NP, California, USA

Chien Lee / Fan Palm (Licuala sp) trees in lowland rainforest, Nimbokrang, New Guinea, Indonesia

Tim Fitzharris / Church Rock, volcanic neck formation with view into Monument Valley, Arizona

Tim Fitzharris / The Windows Section from Double Arch at sunrise, Arches National Park, Utah

Tim Fitzharris / The Windows Section from Double Arch at sunrise, Arches National Park, Utah

Tim Fitzharris / Cathedral Rock at sunset, Coconino National Forest, Arizona

Tim Fitzharris / Coniferous forest in winter, Aspen Vista, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico

Tim Fitzharris / Lightning strike near rock formation, Church Rock, Red Rock State Park, New Mexico

Andy Rouse / Iceberg and mountain, Svalbard, Norway. Arctic. July.

Heike Odermatt / Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) group coming ashore, Falkland Islands

Jeff Foott / Milky way over arch, Turret Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Guy Edwardes / Porth Nanven at sunset, Cot Valley, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2015.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandstone rock formations, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in autumn, Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in autumn, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in autumn, Utah

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy, Rupununi, Guyana

Niall Benvie / Cliff at Vik beach, light by torchlight, Iceland, March 2015.

Pete Oxford / Cloud forest canopy, Andes, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Milky way over sandstone rock formations, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Ingo Arndt / Sandstone rock formations, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Ingo Arndt / Sandstone rock formations, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Ingo Arndt / Sandstone rock formations, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Ingo Arndt / Sandstone rock formations, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus dussumieri) walking along a ledge . Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus dussumieri) sitting on sandstone cliffs . Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri) group resting on rocky ledge. Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.

Anup Shah / Southern plains grey langur / Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus dussumieri) rear view sitting, gathered on sandstone cliffs . Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. March.