Steven Kazlowski / Spirit bear (Ursus americanus) sow with dark cub walking on a log at high tide, along the coastal rainforest of the central British Columbia coast, Canada

Kathryn Jeffs / Tracks in snow of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) walking from coast to colony, Fish Island, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Ernie Janes / Three fishing boats wrecked on the coast in winter storms, Pembrokeshire, UK,

Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / View of buildings on the coast from cliff top, Deserta Grande, Desertas Islands, Madeira, Portugal, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Torre Aspa coast, Algarve, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Piotr Naskrecki / Pygmy Leaf-folding Frog (Afrixalus vibekensis), Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Earthworm pair, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Earthworms, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Atewa Range, Ghana

Michael Durham / California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica) dragonfly, photographed with a high-speed camera, coastal mountains, Oregon

Michael Durham / Eight-spotted Skimmer (Libellula forensis) dragonfly male flying, photographed with a high-speed camera system in the coastal mountains of Oregon, near Florence

Michael Durham / Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) flock flying over the Oregon coast

Tim Fitzharris / Incoming waves at Bandon Beach, Oregon

Andy Sands / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) roosting at high tide in winter, South Coast, UK

Patricio Robles Gil / Sea Star on rocky beach, Baja California, Mexico

Bob Barbour / Jay Moriarity, September 1996, central coast, California

Bob Barbour / Homer Henard, December 1997, central coast, California

Bob Barbour / Terry Simms, central coast, California

Bob Barbour / Josh mulcoy, December 1997, central coast, California

Bob Barbour / Omar Etcheverry, October 1997, central coast, California

Tim Fitzharris / McWay Cove and McWay Falls, Julia Pfieffer-Burns State Park, California

Tim Fitzharris / Ice Plant (Carpobrotus edulis), Big Sur coast near Bixby Creek, California

Tui De Roy / Atacama Desert, weather beaten sea cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Paracas Peninsula, Peru

Norbert Wu / Coast guard icebreaker travels through ice floes which have broker off sea ice edge in late summer, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Fred Bavendam / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group crawling ashore on the high tides of spring to lay their eggs in Delaware Bay's sandy beaches, New Jersey

Kevin Schafer / Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) group getting hit by wave, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Richard Du Toit / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) group sleeping on riverbank, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Nick Upton / Long exposure view of limestone rocks on coast washed by waves at high tide with steep eroded cliffs above, near Rhossili, The Gower peninsula, Wales, UK, July. Sequence 2 of 2, matching view with dif...

Nick Upton / Limestone rocks on coast washed by waves at high tide with steep eroded cliffs above, near Rhossili, The Gower peninsula, Wales, UK, July. Sequence 2 of 2, matching view with different tides

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

David Woodfall / Sand being deposited from eroded sand dune to maintain high level of beach and prevent coastal erosion of sand dunes and sea level rise on beach at Crosby, adjoining Anthony Gormley 'Another Place ' s...

David Woodfall / Sand being deposited from eroded sand dune to maintain high level of beach and prevent coastal erosion of sand dunes and sea level rise on beach at Crosby, adjoining Anthony Gormley 'Another Place ' s...

Nick Turner / A woman bathing in the sea at Durdle Door, Dorset, UK, May 2009.

Inaki Relanzon / Cuvier's madagascar swift / Collared iguana (Oplurus cuvieri) seen from above, Sahamalaza National Park, North West Coast, Madagascar, October

Ingo Arndt / Old cemetery during high winds, Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia Island

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view near Baltic Sea coast of Zingst, Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania, Germany, June 2010

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view of saltmarsh and tidal creeks, Green Coast, south of St Peter Ording, Eiderstedt, North Sea, Germany, June 2010

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view of the North coast of the Baltic Sea Island Bock, south of Hiddensee, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany, June 2010

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view of the East coast of Hiddensee, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany, June 2010

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view of sandy beach along Baltic Sea coast, Zingst, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany, June 2010

Mark Hamblin / Waves crashing over rocky coastline near Point of Stoer, Assynt, North west Scotland, October

Piotr Naskrecki / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group crawling ashore during high tide to lay their eggs, Delaware

Piotr Naskrecki / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group crawling ashore during high tide to lay their eggs, Delaware

Frederique Olivier / Aerial view of Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) rookery on coast, Macquarie Island, Southern Atlantic, Australian Antarctica, December 2007

Pete Oxford / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings going to sea after being released, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourist boat passing the Rocky coast of Cala Macarella, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, July 2005

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourist boat passing the Rocky coast of Cala Macarella, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, July 2005

Juan Carlos Munoz / Boat trip around the coast of Menorca, Cala Macarella, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, July 2005

Juan Carlos Munoz / Speed boat passing the Rocky coast of Cala Macarella, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, July 2005

Doc White / Looking down on group of Bat rays (Myliobatis californica / Holorhinus californicus) USA, Eastern Pacific coast

Pete Oxford / Piranha (Cyphocharax sp) group near shore, Rewa River, Guyana

Philip Stephen / Looking down at eroded rocks off the coast of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August 2010.

Richard Herrmann / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) shoal, Mediterranean Sea of the coast of Turkey

Alan Williams / Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) roosting on rocks at high tide, North Wales Coast, UK, December

Murray Cooper / Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus) on shoreline, Colombia

Juergen Freund / Tourists onboard Thunderbolt 1 high speed reef boat with 600hp engine, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, 2007

Oriol Alamany / The islet of Motu Kao Kao at dusk, located off the coast of Easter Island near Orongo, Easter Island, Pacific ocean, November 2004

Patricio Robles Gil / Coastal cliffs, Jaduka Reserve, South eastern coast of Kamchatka, August 2006

Luis Quinta / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight, Cabo Sardão (Cape), Alentejo, Natural Park of SW coast, Portugal

Luis Quinta / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight over sea, Cabo Sardão (Cape), Alentejo, Natural Park of SW coast, Portugal

Laurie Campbell / Waders feeding on shore at dawn, Northumberland Coast, England, January

Laurie Campbell / Flock of Redshanks (Tringa totanus) foraging in surf at high tide, Berwickshire Coast, Scotland, March

Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / Buildings on the coast, Deserta Grande, Desertas Islands, Madeira, Portugal, August 2009

Sebastian Kennerknecht / California Mussel (Mytilus californianus) clusters, Barnacles (Balanus sp), Black Turban Snails (Tegula funebralis), Rockweed (Fucus sp), and Sea Lettuce (Ulva sp) in high tide zone, Santa Cruz, Monte...

Ingo Arndt / Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) colony, Point Piedras Blancas, California

Guy Edwardes / View of frost covered fields and hedgerows in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, November 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Looking down on Masked booby {Sula dactylatra} at nest with eggs on coast, Espanola Island, Galapagos, January 2009

Matthias Breiter / Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita) group at water surface, Kinak Bay, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita) group, Kinak Bay, Alaska

Stephen Belcher / Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) group landing on rocky shore in the surf, Cape Province, South Africa

DOC WHITE / California flying fish {Cypselurus californicus} flying, California coast, USA, Pacific

Flip Nicklin / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking on beach, South Georgia Island

Flip Nicklin / Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta) male and female on shore, Falkland Islands

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in breeding plumage, La Jolla, San Diego, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) juveniles flying, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) chicks and egg, Wilder Ranch State Park, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) sleeping, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Paul Hobson / Gibralter Point NNR, flooded path at spring high tide, The Wash, Lincolnshire Coast, UK

Paul Hobson / Gibralter Point NNR, flooded path at spring high tide, The Wash, Lincolnshire Coast, UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group crawling ashore during high tide to lay their eggs, Cape May, New Jersey

Piotr Naskrecki / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group at high tide during spawning, Cape May, New Jersey

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) group attacking a colony of termites, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / High elevation swamp in forest, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator), Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Tettigoniidae), Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) group on the move with larger soldiers guarding the edge of the column, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Earwig-like Entroph (Japygidae), Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / African Wolf Snake (Lycophidion nigromaculatum), Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Cup Moth (Limacodidae) caterpillar, Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Red flower emerging in leaf litter, Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

John Cancalosi / Boy with fossil Ammonites {Arietites sp} mass mortality, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, model released