Frederique Olivier / Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) stealing rock from another penguin for its nest, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) shortly before sunrise sitting on rock ready for spawning, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

John Waters / Brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) looking for food, River Kennet, Berkshire, England, UK. January.

Roy Mangersnes / Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on rock next to skeleton of one which starved to death. Unusually warm El Nino waters have killed a lot of the algae which is the food for these iguana...

Will Burrard-Lucas / Three Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) pups waiting for their parents to return, Ethiopia.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Fishing for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) aboard the James Archer (Oceana fisheries). Crew haul up lobster trap. Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A hoop net with West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) being pulled up in sea kayak for recreational fishing. Kommetjie, Western Cape, South Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Recreational fishing in a sea kayak for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). Hoop net or trap is lowered onto the sea floor or kelp bed with a pouch of bait (sardines or pilchards) attached. Kom...

Laurent Geslin / Christian worshipper near St Sauveur's church, Lalibela, North Ethiopia. These worshippers stay for hours in a hole in the carved rock to read their holy books., 2006

Laurent Geslin / Christian worshipper near St Sauveur's church, Lalibela, North Ethiopia. These worshippers stay for hours in a hole in the carved rock to read their holy books, 2006

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus), in a rock crevice, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May. Did you know? Lobster pincers are different sizes for different uses, one is for c...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of vivid colour lithograph for 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published 1888 in Stuttgart by J.F. Shreiber, the palaeontology section by Dr. Fri...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Feral pigeon (Columba livia) on ground, with people's feet in the background, South Bank, London, England, UK, September. Did you know? In the 16th Century England pigeon guano was the only source of...

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species. Commended in Wildlife Photograp...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on a rock, posing for a tourist holding a camera, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, July 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Although the largest colonies of pu...

Brent Stephenson / Columnar basalt formations at the 180 metre high Edinburgh Hill. Zodiac full of cruise ship tourists for scale. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, December.

Brent Stephenson / Columnar basalt formations at the 180 metre high Edinburgh Hill. Zodiac full of cruise ship tourists for scale. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, December.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. Did you know? Soft co...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets photograph Gannet colony from zodiac boat on tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011. Di...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets in zodiac boat for seabird safari tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

David Welling / Lone Pine Peak and Granite rock formations covered with snow at winter sunrise, Alabama Hills, Eastern Sierras, California, USA NOT AVAILABLE FOR CARDS OR CALENDARS.

David Welling / Lightning from a summer monsoon thunderstorm flashes over natural rock bridge, Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA, August 2010. NOT AVAILABLE FOR CARDS OR CALENDARS.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) perched on rock in fast flowing river with food for young, Brecon Beacons NP, Wales, UK, May. Did you know? To hold their position and find prey in fast flowing streams, dippe...

Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, a wind shaped rock, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Director, Chadden Hunter, standing on wind eroded rock talking on radio to base camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Field Assistant, Jason Roberts, standing on top of rock pinnacle, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Norway, July 2009, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sunset over Loch Laggan, Creag Meagaidh NNR, Highland, Scotland, UK, December 2010. Photographer quote: "I've got to admit I wasn't happy after a fruitless flat grey day in the hills. And then, as if...

Tim Laman / Large school of Trevally (Caranx) shelter beneath the jetty at Arborek Village. Many village docks in this area act as shelter for these fish, which provide a handy source of protein for villagers in...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) landing on exposed stone, with insect prey for chicks in beak, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK

Jeff Wilson / Rear view of pilots and Trango towers in the Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas, Pakistan, from Pakistani military helicopter, for BBC series Planet Earth. April 2005

Chadden Hunter / Dallol hot springs where water heated by magma laden with potassium, sulphur and iron spews up through salt pans staining the salt deposits with vivid colours, in the bottom of the Rift Valley, 120 me...

Angelo Gandolfi / Sunset at Salto del Roldan canyon, a nesting place for birds of prey. Sierra de Guara, Aragon, Spain, 2007.

HUW CORDEY / Aerial view of limestone island formations in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, 2005. Filmed for BBC Planet Earth series.

HUW CORDEY / Aerial view of limestone island formations in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, 2005. Filmed for BBC Planet Earth series.

Anup Shah / Lioness calling for lost cubs from rock or kopje, Serengeti NP Tanzania.

Sumio Harada / American Pika (Ochotona princeps) on rock with vegetation for nest building, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Threatened Cerrado habitat - red sandstone cliffs, Piaui State, NE Brazil, South America - habitat for endangered Hyacinth macaw

Anup Shah / Lioness calling for lost cubs from top of rock or kopje, Serengeti NP Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Rock hyrax with two young {Procavia capensis} Serengeti NP, Tanzania, East Africa Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Anup Shah / Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) female licking stones for minerals, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) female licking stones for minerals, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Charlie Summers / American Pika (Ochotona princeps) leaping from one alpine rock to another as it heads to its home carrying food for the winter months. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. August.

Rick Price / Gemmate Chiton (Acanthopleura gemmata) in rock recess for protection. Bigge Island, Bonaparte Archipelago, The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Michel Roggo / Cape Khoboy and frozen Lake Baikal with cracks in ice, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Near Khuzhir, Olchon Island, Irkutsk Oblast and Buryat Republic, Siberia, Russia....

Michel Roggo / Ponte Romano bridge over Verzasca River, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Michel Roggo / Ponte Romano bridge over Verzasca River, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Michel Roggo / Verzasca River flowing through banded Gneiss rock, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Michel Roggo / Verzasca River flowing through banded Gneiss rock, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Michel Roggo / Verzasca River flowing through banded Gneiss rock, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Michel Roggo / Verzasca River flowing through banded Gneiss rock, aerial shot. Photographed for The Freshwater Project extended. Lavertezzo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. May 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Volunteer penguin researcher from Earthcare St Kilda, placing Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) juvenile on rocks from burrow before weighing and checking for microchip. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne,...

Nick Upton / Forest of Dean and River Wye overview from Symond's Yat Rock, with primarliy deciduous trees, close to sites for Pine Marten (Martes martes) releases by the Forest of Dean and River Wye Pine Marte...

Nick Upton / Forest of Dean and River Wye overview from Symond's Yat Rock, with primarliy deciduous trees, close to sites for Pine Marten (Martes martes) releases by the Forest of Dean and River Wye Pine Marte...

Alan Williams / Cwmorthin slate mine showing the remains of terraced cottages for the families of the workers near Tanygrisiau and Blaenau Festiniog. North Wales, UK, February 2018.

Shane Gross / Nocturnal Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) at night crawling in the Seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) looking for food. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) hunting for food on rock with loch and Celtic rainforest in back ground, Scotland, UK, January.

Marie Read / Wilson's Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) flock flying over tufa formations at Mono Lake in late summer, with reflection, California, USA. July 2013. Mono Lake is an important staging site for sho...

Marie Read / Wilson's Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) large flock on the shore at Mono Lake in late summer, California, USA. July. Mono Lake is an important staging site (stopover site) for migrating shorebir...

Michel Roggo / Diver exploring underwater cave. Cenote Dos Ojos, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. February 2014. Photographed for The Freshwater Project.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) with stone in beak, possibly for nest building. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) with stone in beak, possibly for nest building, portrait. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), two males in competition for onlooking female. Gardner Islet, Floreana Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), two males in competition for onlooking female. Gardner Islet, Floreana Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), two males in competition for onlooking female. Gardner Islet, Floreana Island, Galapagos.

Paul Williams / Using a specialist motion control rig to film underwater timelapse in a rockpool. On production for BBC Blue Planet II, Vancouver island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Paul Williams / Specialist motion control rig to film underwater timelapse in a rockpool for BBC Blue Planet II, Vancouver island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Paul Williams / Specialist motion control rig to film underwater timelapse in a rockpool for BBC Blue Planet II, Vancouver island, British Columbia, Canada. July.

David Fleetham / Steinitz' prawn / shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris steinitzi) and Alpheid worker shrimp (Alpheus sp) side by side. Mutualism occurs between the two species, the blind shrimp maintaining the shared burro...

Ashley Cooper / Sign for Mount Mulanje in Malawi, March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Intake towers for the hydro plant on the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Nevada, USA. The lake is at a very low level due to the four year long drought. September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Capturing geothermal steam from boreholes to power the Svartsengi geothermal power station in Keflavik near Reykjavik in Iceland. September 2010. The power station produces electricity and supplies ho...

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Excavating volcanic Scorai rock from the Seydisholar cone for road building material, near Selfoss, Iceland, September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Excavating volcanic Scorai rock from the Seydisholar cone for road building material, near Selfoss, Iceland, September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Excavating volcanic Scorai rock from the Seydisholar cone for road building material, near Selfoss, Iceland, September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland is the worlds second largest geothermal power station. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households...

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland. It also supplies hot water via a pipeline to Reykjavik for space heating for households and industry September 2010.

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching rocks for shellfish including Sea snail (Turbo sazae). Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan. June 2010.

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching rocks for shellfish including Sea snails (Turbo sazae) in decreasing visibility. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan. June 2010.

Graham Eaton / A PDC (polycrystalline diamond compact) type oil field drill bit on one othe Kimmeridge ledges. Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK, March. The ledges are hard Jurassic age, carbonate rich horizons of Limetone...

Graham Eaton / Tilted beds of sandstone and thin shales of the Carboniferous, Culm Measures (Bude Formation) Sandy Mouth near Bude, Cornwall, UK, May. The bed represent cycles of deposition associated with climate c...

Graham Eaton / Tilted beds of sandstone and thin shales of the Carboniferous, Culm Measures (Bude Formation) Sandy Mouth near Bude, Cornwall, UK, May. The bed represent cycles of deposition associated with climate c...

Graham Eaton / Tree growing in outcrop of banded Chert, part of the Carboniferous, Pentre Chert formation, Halkyn, Wales, UK, January. The Chert is silicified Limestone, made up in part of micro organism Radiolaria....

Graham Eaton / Outcrop of banded Chert, part of the Carboniferous, Pentre Chert formation, Halkyn, Wales, UK. January. The Chert is silicified Limestone, made up in part of micro organism Radiolaria. This is one of...

Graham Eaton / Outcrop of banded Chert, part of the Carboniferous, Pentre Chert formation, Halkyn, Wales, UK. January. The Chert is silicified Limestone, made up in part of micro organism Radiolaria. This is one of...

Michel Roggo / Travertine terraces, landscape in Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Sichuan, China. August . Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Travertine terraces, landscape in Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Sichuan, China. August . Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Travertine terraces, landscape in Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Sichuan, China. August . Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Travertine terraces, landscape in Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Sichuan, China. August . Photographed for The Freshwater Project