Thomas Marent / Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) male, Switzerland

Chris Mattison / Giraffe necked weevils (Trachelophorus giraffa) male. Endemic to Andasibe, Madagascar.

Floris van Breugel / A skier glides past an erupting geyser in the Old Faithful geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park. The cold temperatures in the winter cause the geysers to release more steam than usual making the...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) flying to roost in trees, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) in flight, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the harsh winter co...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Hamper showing usual load carried by porters / sherpas. Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.

Juergen Freund / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) on a red sea whip - not its usual fan coral habitat, in which it is much better camouflaged. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) on a red sea whip. Its usual habitat is a fan coral where it is much better camouflaged. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) flying to roost in trees, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) flying to roost in trees, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) roosting in tree, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the harsh wi...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) flying to roost in tree, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the h...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) roosting in tree, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the harsh wi...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) in flight, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the harsh winter co...

Andy Sands / Nomad Bee (Nomada sp) parasitic, usual host species is a solitary bee, Hertfordshire, UK

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 7-week Usual Somali kitten

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat, 7-week Usual Abyssinian kitten *NOT AVAILABLE FOR BOOK USE UNTIL 2017

Adrian Davies / Exposed shore-line of reservoir with line of lichens indicating usual water depth, Bewl, Sussex, UK. Winter 2006

Juan Carlos Munoz / Huge flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) flying to roost in trees, Gorbeia Natural Park, Basque country, Spain, January 2011, unusual winter visitors pushed further south than usual by the...

Nick Upton / Traditional hand-made 14-oar plank boat, the “Ipanga na” (keep rowing), built by Tao people, Orchid Island, Taiwan, 2007. (NB this is a larger boat than usual, which was rowed to Taiwan in 2007 to ra...