Jeff Rotman / Japanese Giant Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) World's Largest Crustacean in Tokyo Aquarium, Japan.

Jack Dykinga / Summer poppies (Kallstroemia grandifolia) and oaks (Quercus sp) after record summer rains in the Coronado National Forest, Arizona

Dave Watts / Red kangaroo male bounding towards camera. {Macropus rufus) NSW, Australia. The kangaroo is the animal long jump champion , able to clear 13m (the length of a bus) from a standing start. the human rec...

Richard Du Toit / Two Subadult Cheetahs playing {Acinonyx jubatus} Sabi Sand GR South Africa. Cheetahs are the 100m gold medalists of the animal kingdom, capable of short sprints at 70mph. The human record is 27mph.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Bracken (Pteridium aquilinium) fronds in autumn, Glen Affric, Scotland, UK, October. Did you know? Bracken is evolutionarily very successful, with a fossil record going back 55 million years.

Shaun Robertson / 2020VISION / Water spray from a spinning fishing reel, River Tweed, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, January 2012. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The earliest record of use of fishing reels...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Windsurf Challenge, Finistere. Douarnenez 13 July 2007. France.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede on bow of monohull "Algimouss" attempting world record circumnavigation, 1999

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede on monohull "Algimouss" attempting world record circumnavigation, 1999

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede on monohull "Algimouss" attempting world record circumnavigation, 1999

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) in a cloud of spray, after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at the finish line of the Global Challenge at Ouessant (Ushant), on his boat "Adrien" with a record time of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. 11 March 2004.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "IDEC" (Francis Joyon) and windsurfer. Defi Douarnenez Record Pen Ar Bed Finistere, France. July 2007.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at the finish line of the Global Challenge at Ouessant (Ushant), on his boat "Adrien" with a record time of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. 11 March 2004.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxiyacht "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, crossing the finish line at Lizard Point, Cornwall, for a new North Atlantic Record, in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds. 2 A...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, arriving in Manhattan, New York, for North Atlantic record attempt. Passing the Statue of Liberty, 27 June 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxiyacht "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, crossing the finish line at Lizard Point, Cornwall, for a new North Atlantic Record, in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds. 2 A...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, arriving in Manhattan, New York, for North Atlantic record attempt. 27 June 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxiyacht "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, crossing the finish line at Lizard Point, Cornwall, for a new North Atlantic Record, in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds. 2 A...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, arriving in Manhattan, New York, for North Atlantic record attempt. Passing the Statue of Liberty, 27 June 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, arriving in Manhattan, New York, for North Atlantic record attempt. 27 June 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Helicopter flying over Maxiyacht "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, crossing the finish line at Lizard Point, Cornwall, for a new North Atlantic Record, in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minu...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, departing Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt, May 2010. They set a new record of 14 hours 20 minutes and 34 seconds fro...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, departing Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt, May 2010. They set a new record of 14 hours 20 minutes and 34 seconds fro...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, departing Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt, May 2010. They set a new record of 14 hours 20 minutes and 34 seconds fro...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, departing Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt, May 2010. They set a new record of 14 hours 20 minutes and 34 seconds fro...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, departing Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt, May 2010. They set a new record of 14 hours 20 minutes and 34 seconds fro...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Crew member navigating aboard maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V" before their departure from Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt. May 2010. Editorial use only.

Toby Roxburgh / Annie Januszewski and Mel King with their original crew, training to row across the Atlantic in the WoodVale Challenge. Bristol Floating Harbour during the Harbour Festival, UK, August 2009. ^^^The te...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Crew aboard maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, before their departure from Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt. May 2010. Editorial use only.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, departing Marseille for their Mediterranean record attempt, May 2010. They set a new record of 14 hours 20 minutes and 34 seconds fro...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Volunteers and Hampshire Wildlife Trust staff take part in a Shoresearch survey, a recording and surveying project in which volunteers identify and record the habitats and wildlife that exist along ou...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Volunteers and Hampshire Wildlife Trust staff take part in a Shoresearch survey, a recording and surveying project in which volunteers identify and record the habitats and wildlife that exist along ou...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Volunteers and Hampshire Wildlife Trust staff take part in a Shoresearch survey, a recording and surveying project in which volunteers identify and record the habitats and wildlife that exist along ou...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Maxiyacht "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidégorry, crossing the finish line at Lizard Point, Cornwall, for a new North Atlantic Record, in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds. 2 A...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Brent Stephenson / Female Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) feeding North Island Robin (Petroica longipes) chicks. This is the first record of such behaviour for this species, feeding another unrelated species chicks. Tir...

Brent Stephenson / Female Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) feeding North Island Robin (Petroica longipes) chicks. This is the first record of such behaviour for this species, feeding another unrelated species chicks. Tir...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Mouth and tentacles of Jewel anemone (Corynactis viridis) photographed under blue light to show fluorescence, Plymouth Sound, Devon, UK, July, Note tiny amphipods living inside anemone. Did you know?...

Christian Ziegler / Radio transmitter on the back of a bat used by scientists to record its movements, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Radio transmitter used by scientists to record bat movements, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Simon Colmer / English Elm (Ulmus procera) one of the "Preston Twins". Largest known specimens of this species in the world. Girth of 6.8m and estimated to be over 400 years old. Preston Park, Brighton, UK. February...

Adrian Davies / Remotely monitored weather station and data logger. UK, November

Pete Oxford / Scientists from the Charles Darwin Research Station record, ring and take biological samples from wild Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Vulnerable species,endem...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / The Meteorological Station at Verkhoyansk where the record low temperature of -67.8 degrees celsius was recorded in 1885. Siberia, Russia, 1999.

Philippe Clement / The Meikleour Beech Hedge (Fagus sylvatica) the tallest and longest hedge on earth, reaching 30 metres (100 ft) in height and 530 metres (1/3 mile) in length, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Jeff Rotman / Girl sitting beside image of Northern Clawed Lobster (Homarus americanus) currently over 100 years old and no longer on exhibit. Found in 1934 weighing 42.7 lbs, caught at a depth of 500 feet. Boston...

Stephen Dalton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on measuring ruler showing a record 26mm long spider found in Sussex 2006, probably largest British indigenous spider ever recorded

Mark Brownlow / Dave Manton, from the BBC filming crew for 'South pacific' beside helicopter, Papua New Guinea, August 2007. Dave is beside a cineflex HD gyrostablised mount used to film stabilised aerials of landsca...

Suzi Eszterhas / Mara River during the dry season, river showing record low levels after increase in deforestation upstream, Masai Mara Triangle, Kenya, 2008

Fabio Liverani / Research scientists ring and record birds at field research station for the study of bird migration, Ventotene, Pontine Islands, Italy, 2008

Jack Dykinga / Summer poppies (Kallstroemia grandifolia) after record summer rains in the Coronado National Forest, Arizona

Jack Dykinga / Summer poppies (Kallstroemia grandifolia) after record summer rains in the Coronado National Forest, Arizona

Juergen Freund / Boab / Gourd tree {Adansonia gregorii} with a split trunk and the letters "HMC Mermaid 1820" carved into it by Phillip Parker King, to record the site where his boat, His Majesty's Cutter Mermaid, was...

Matthew Maran / Daily Turtle Express, Daily record of turtle activity on Turtle Islands National Park, Sabah, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Monument to hunting birds record, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Researchers record Bouto / pink amazon dolphin {Inia geoffrensis} Amazonas, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Botanists from Papua New Guinea record specimens from plant survey in Kikori Basin, WWF ICDP 1995, Omo Village, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Receiver records pings of reef sharks with implanted transponders, Great Barrier Reef

Paul D Stewart / Portait of Albertus Seba, the Dutch pharmacist and collector of natural rarities, age 66 (b. May 12th 1665 - d. May 2nd 1736). Portrait with tinting, showing off rarities from his collection acquired...

Paul D Stewart / The Illustrated London News, December 31st, 1853, page 600. 'The Extinct Animals Model-Room, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham' by P.H. Delamotte. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins made the first full size re...

Onne van der Wal / The 120 ft maxi cat "Playstation" with Steve Fossett at the helm at the start of her Newport - Bermuda record breaking run in 40 knots of breeze, Newport, Rhode island, USA.

Rick Tomlinson / Tracy Edwards maxi Catamaran "Maiden II" sails into the Solent after breaking the 24 hour record whilst crossing the Atlantic from Newport, Rhode Island to Southampton. ^^^They covered 697 miles in 24...

Rick Tomlinson / Charles St. Clare-Brown, the owner of ICAP "Maximus", racing during Skandia Cowes Week, Solent, UK, 2006. ^^^ He grabbed the opportunity to blast around the Isle of Wight in an astonishing 3 hours, 20...

Rick Tomlinson / Co-skippers, Helena Darvelid and Brian Thompson and navigator, Adrienne Cahalan on Tracy Edward's maxi Catamaran "Maiden II" in Southampton after breaking the 24 hour record whilst crossing the Atlant...

Rick Tomlinson / 60ft trimaran "Primagaz".^^^ It broke the 24 hour sailing record in June 1994 averaging 22.5 knots.

Rick Tomlinson / Charles St. Clare-Brown's ICAP "Maximus" during Skandia Cowes Week, Solent, UK, August 3, 2006. ^^^ "Maximus" grabbed the opportunity to blast around the Isle of Wight in an astonishing 3 hours, 20 mi...

Rick Tomlinson / Tracy Edward's maxi Catamaran "Maiden II" sails into the Solent after breaking the 24 hour record whilst crossing the Atlantic from Newport, Rhode Island to Southampton. ^^^They covered 697 miles in 2...

Rick Tomlinson / Europe 1 Star (OSTAR) 1992. "CACOLAC d"Aquitaine" skippered by Yves Parlier during the Europe 1 Star, 1992. ^^^ She finished 6th overall and winner in the monohull class, finishing in 14d 16h Parlier...

Rick Tomlinson / Helmsman in waterproofs as "Intrum Justitia" passes through the Southern Ocean in the Whitbread Round the World Race, skippered by Lawrie Smith, 1993-94. ^^^The team won the second leg of the race and...

Rick Tomlinson / Crew wearing heavy weather gear in dangerous conditions on "Intrum Justitia" racing in the Round the Whitbread World Race, skippered by Lawrie Smith, 1993-94.^^^ the team won the second leg of the rac...

Rick Tomlinson / Intrum Justitia racing in the Round the World Race, 1993-94. ^^^Skippered by British yachtsman Lawrie Smith the team won the second leg of the race and broke a record in the process.

Rick Tomlinson / British yachtsman Lawrie Smith, skipper of "Intrum Justitia" celebrates winning the second leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race 1993-94. ^^^ The W60-class boat took 25 days, 14 hours, 39 minutes...

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett winching on trimaran "Playstation".

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett helming trimaran "Playstation".

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett on trimaran "Playstation".

Onne van der Wal / Ellen MacArthur at the navigation station on board "Kingfisher" in which she made the record-breaking voyage from Plymouth, UK to Newport, Rhode Island, USA in 2000.

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett on trimaran "Playstation".

Onne van der Wal / A record number of 12 metre yachts starting the Round the Island race during the America's Cup Jubilee held off Cowes, Isle of Wight, 2001.

Rick Tomlinson / Robert Miller's record-breaking, 140 foot carbon super-maxi, "Mari Cha IV", thrashes upwind in breezy conditions at Antigua Race Week, 2004.

Onne van der Wal / Maxi-catamaran "Club Med" practices off New York, USA prior to a transatlantic record attempt.

Rick Tomlinson / Helmsman is fully geared up in waterproofs on "EF Language" Skippered by British yachtsman Lawrie in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1993-94. ^^^The team won the second leg of the race and bro...

Rick Tomlinson / Flying two hulls aboard "Primagaz", 1993. ^^^ The following year with Laurent Bourgnon at the helm, he won the singlehanded Atlantic record in 7 days, 2 hours and 34 minutes, during which he also took...

Rick Tomlinson / Intrum Justitia racing in the Round the World Race, 1993-94. ^^^Skippered by British yachtsman Lawrie Smith the team won the second leg of the race and broke a record in the process.

Nick Upton / Camerman Jim Clare on location in Trinidad, using an infra red sensitive camera to record bat behaviour in cave and wearing a mask

Flip Nicklin / Inuit researcher using hydrophone to record Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) vocalizations under the arctic ice, Baffin Island, Canada