Paul D Stewart / Illustration of trilobuite (Paradoxides bohemicus), Plate 1. From 'Organization of the Trilobites' by Hermann Burmeister, appearing in the Ray Society translation of his work published in 1846. The Il...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Philippe Clement / Devil's thorn (Tribulus zeyheri) the Kalahari desert's prominent creeper, appearing after the rains, Kgalagadi NP, South Africa

Mark Carwardine / Jaguar (Panthera onca) with wound on face, appearing to snarl, Cuiaba River, Pantanal, Brazil

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) chick's head appearing from nest in heather, moorland habitat, Glen Tanar Estate, Grampian, Scotland, UK, June

Dave Watts / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) juvenile male with first blue feathers appearing, at bower collecting yellow ornaments to match juvenile plumage, Queensland, Australia

Thomas Rabeil / Desert Monitor (Varanus griseus) appearing to examine the sand. Termit Massif, Niger, Africa.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) head appearing over boulder, camouflaged against snow in winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) head appearing over boulder, camouflaged against snow in winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) head appearing over boulder, camouflaged against snow in winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) head appearing over ridge, camouflaged against snow in winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February

Philip Dalton / Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim) adults climbing up post after mass emergence, eyes appearing at the top, USA

Philip Dalton / Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim) adult climbing up post after mass emergence, eyes appearing at the top, USA

Patricio Robles Gil / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) female perched in tree, feathers appearing blue not green because of nature of light, El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male perched in tree, feathers appearing blue not green due to nature of light, El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico

Dietmar Nill / Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) flowers appearing through snow, Germany

Niall Benvie / Bluebell flowers {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} photograph appearing as book illustration

Niall Benvie / Yellow Lady's slipper orchids {Cypripedium calceolus} in flower, France, photograph appearing as book illustration

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / European Green toads (Bufo viridis) appearing from between cracks in dried mud, Bulgaria, May 2008

Paul Hobson / Rock Ptarmigan {Lagopus mutus} male in winter plumage, head appearing above rocks, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Fuente Dé, mountain peaks appearing above the cloud level, Picos de Europa, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Fuente Dé, mountain peaks appearing above the cloud level, Picos de Europa, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain

Juergen Freund / Brown vine Treesnake {Oxybelis aeneus} appearing through hole in a leaf, Gorgona Island, Colombia

David Noton / Glastonbury Tor appearing above the mist lying on the Somerset Levels at dawn, Somerset, England, UK. (NR)

Jabruson / The sun appearing through dark storm clouds, Tsavo NP, Kenya

Nature Production / Spanner Crab {Ranina ranina} eyes on stalks appearing over sand, Izu, Shizuoka, Japan

Bernard Castelein / Dawn landscape with Birch trees (Betula pendula) appearing in the mist, Wuustwezel, Belgium

Kim Taylor / Two Red velvet mites appearing after rain {Trombidiidae} Southern Africa

Ingo Arndt / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult in snow appearing to be cold, Japan

Geoff Simpson / Red grouse head appearing over heather {Lagopus lagopus scoticus} Peak District NP, UK

Geoff Simpson / Red grouse head appearing over heather {Lagopus lagopus scoticus} Peak District NP, UK

Constantinos Petrinos / Moray eel appearing behind leaves of seaweed {Gymnothorax sp} Sulawesi, Indonesia

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Trilobite (Phacops latifrons) enrolled and open, from 'Organization of the Trilobites' by Hermann Burmeister, appearing in the Ray Society translation of his work published in 1846. Th...

Paul D Stewart / Trilobite (Asaphus platycephalus) from 'Organization of the Trilobites' by Hermann Burmeister, appearing in the Ray Society translation of his work published in 1846. The Illustrations and engravings...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Trilobite (Homalonotus armatus) from 'Organization of the Trilobites' by Hermann Burmeister, appearing in the Ray Society translation of his work published in 1846. The illustrations a...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus). 1824 contemporary coloured lithograph by Carl Brotdmann of 'Der Orang-Uttang' appearing as table 1 in 'Naturhistorische Abbinldungen der Saeugethiere' by H...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of gibbon, orangutan and chimpanzee. 1824 contemporary coloured lithograph by Carl Brotdmann of 'Der Orang-Uttang', 'Der Hooloch' and 'Der Shimpanzee' appearing as table 1 in 'Naturhistor...

Paul D Stewart / Tinted lithograph (colour enhanced version) by W.R. Woods appearing as the frontis to Isabella Duncan's 'Pre-Adamite Man'. The layers of the drawing are appropriately stacked like the strata of the ro...

Onne van der Wal / Smaller gaffers, "Charm III" and the tan sail Whitstable Oyster Smack "Ibis", appearing between the masts of the three-masted schooner "Fleurtje", Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Smaller gaffers, "Charm III" and the tan sail Whitstable Oyster Smack "Ibis", appearing between the masts of the three-masted schooner "Fleurtje", Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / The small tan-sail Whitstable Oyster Smack "Ibis", appearing between the masts of the three-masted schooner "Fleurtje", Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Harvey Gamage and Esmerela appearing from fog, New York City, USA, 1992.