Guy Edwardes / Godrevy Lighthouse, Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2012.

Frederique Olivier / Pair of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) regurgitating and calling with chick nearby, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Two King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking along the shore, shot tilts up from feet to head, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Alex Mustard / Whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) head on beneath the surface. Rocky Island, Egypt. Red Sea

Eric Baccega / Spirit Island, Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, September 2009

Olga Kamenskaya / Coast of Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, September 2013.

Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) jumping across rocky shore, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Matthew Maran / Dramatic seas crashing onto a rocky shore. The Broken Group Islands from The Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight over rocky outcrops, Monte Incudine, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica island, France, February

Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Rocky coast, evening light, Antikythera island, Greece, September 2008

Scott Leslie / Coastline in fog, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) adults walking and one jumping on boulder, along rocky river bank near sea, Cumberland Bay, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance, South Georgia Island

Juergen Freund / Thousands of Christmas Island Red crabs on rocky shore (Gecarcoidea natalis)

Flip Nicklin / Sea Star, Anemones and Coralline Algae living 40 feet below the water surface, Admiralty Inlet, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) flock taking flight from a rocky shoreline, Isla Isabel, Nayarit, Mexico

Robert Valentic / Milos Viper (Macrovipera schweizeri) inhabiting the rocky shoreline of a freshwater lake on Milos Island, Greece, July. Controlled conditions.

Rick Price / Coastal rock grave site of the Wunambal Gaambera / Uunguu people. Wary Bay, Bigge Island, Bonaparte Archipelago, The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Rick Price / Rocky coastline with view to location of cave with Aboriginal rock art. Wary Bay, Bigge Island, Bonaparte Archipelago, The Kimberley, Western Australia. 2015.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Volcanic rock on coast. Mosteiros, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rock pool in volcanic rock. Sea stacks and island in background. Mosteiros, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rock pool in volcanic rock. Sea stacks and island in background. Mosteiros, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Steven David Miller / Scott Cove Lookout near Cape Borda Lighthouse, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. February 2017.

Nick Hawkins / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) resting underneath a rocky ledge off Bonaventure Island, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec, Canada. September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / South Light at sunset, Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.

Marie Read / Parakeet auklets (Aethia psittacula) pair perched on lichen-covered rock on cliff face, St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA, July.

George Sanker / Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) sliding down seaweed covered slope of rocky island. Near Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. July.

Lynn M. Stone / Waves along Olga Bay at sunset; Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA. September 2018.

Lynn M. Stone / Waves along Olga Bay at sunset; Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA. September 2018.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), pair on rocky shore at dawn. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. May 2015.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) pair on coast. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. May 2016.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) with chick. Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos. July 2016.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) on nest. Genovesa Island, Galapagos. February 2017.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) standing on rock at coast. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. October 2015.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), four on rocky beach. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. October 2015.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), four on rocky beach. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. October 2015.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), five on coastal roks. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. October 2015.

Tui De Roy / Red-footed booby (Sula sula) nesting in tree on volcanic rock. Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, Galapagos. June 2014.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) flying with beak open, two boobies in background on rocky cliffs. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. October 2015.

Guy Edwardes / Rocky shore at Playa Domincalito, Costa Rica. December 2016

Werner Bollmann / Small rocky islands or skerries, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, August.

Werner Bollmann / Small rocky islands or skerries, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, August.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Bivalves on the rocky shore, Zhifu Island. Shandong Province, China.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Bivalves on the rocky shore, Zhifu Island. Shandong Province, China.

Ashley Cooper / View west into the Cuillins from Beinn na Caillich summit, behind Broadford on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. February 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Climber i on Sgurr Alasdair on the Cuillin Ridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland. March 2006

Ashley Cooper / Pool coloured red from algae that have been fertilized by seabird guano on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK. July.

Ashley Cooper / Mountains above Fortuna bay, South Georgia, southern Ocean. February 2014

Ashley Cooper / Rugged mountainous scenery in Drygalski fjord on the South East tip of South Georgia, Southern Ocean. February 2014

Ashley Cooper / Snowy sheathbill (Chionis albus) in a King Penguin colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia. February.

Ashley Cooper / Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) on the beach on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Ashley Cooper / Passengers on an expedition cruise climbing the caldera on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Tourists on beach with Mountain peaks on Joinville Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Passengers on an expedition cruise to Antarctica following part of Shakleton's famous walk across South Georgia. The group are walking from Fortuna Bay to Stromness. South Georgia, Antarctica. Februar...

Ashley Cooper / Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) with tourists walking past the colony, Madder Cliffs, Joinville Island, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Guano in an Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colony at Madder Cliffs, Joinville Island, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Red algae in the snow on a receding glacier in Suspiros Bay on Joinville Island just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Ashley Cooper / Melting ice and snow at on Joinville Island just off the Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Old British Antarctic Survey station, abandoned in 1967 when it was over run by a volcanic eruption. Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Tabular iceberg off Livingstone Island, Antarctic Peninsula. February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Receding glacier in Suspiros Bay, Joinville Island, just off the Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Algae in melting snow on Joinville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, February 2014.

Tony Heald / Snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba) standing on rocky shore. Right Whale Bay, South Georgia. September.

Tony Wu / Shark heads discarded by fishermen on rocky beach. An island in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. February 2013.

Guy Edwardes / Godrevy Beach with Godrevy Lighthouse in background, St Ives Bay, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2017.

David Fleetham / Juvenile Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) on the rocky coastline of Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

David Fleetham / Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) on the rocky coastline of Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

Sylvain Cordier / Northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea ) carrying plants to build nest, Yttygran Island, Far East Russia

Tim Laman / Rocky shoreline in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. October 2013.

Nick Upton / Jandia spurge / Cardon de Jandia (Euphorbia handiensis) a rare Red Data Book listed Fuerteventuran endemic plant found only in two valleys in the far south of the island, Barranco Gran Valle, Jandia p...

Nick Upton / Jandia spurge / Cardon de Jandia (Euphorbia handiensis) a rare Red Data Book listed Fuertventuran endemic plant found only in two valleys in the far south of the island, Barranco Gran Valle, Jandia pe...

Sandra Bartocha / Coastline of small rocky island (skerry) Bohuslan Archipelago , Sweden , July 2015.

Sandra Bartocha / Small rocky islands (Skerries), Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, August 2014.

Sandra Bartocha / Skerries or rocky islands, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, August 2014.

Sandra Bartocha / Skerries, or rocky islands at dusk, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden

Oriol Alamany / Little Island rocky beach with Mount Eliza in the background, Lord Howe island, Lord Howe Island Group UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia

Oriol Alamany / Rocky beach in Old Gulch bay, Lord Howe island, Lord Howe Island Group UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia, October 2012.

Peter Bassett / Wide angle shot of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on a rocky shore, with an icebreaker ship in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, November 2015.

Frederique Olivier / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks huddled in a creche in the wind, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick creche on a beach, with adults behind, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick creche on a beach, with adults behind, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick walking, with others huddled in a creche in the wind, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks in a creche, with adults in the background, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) minding chicks in a creche, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Group of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on a beach, with waves behind, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Pair of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) regurgitating, with chick nearby, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Pair of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) regurgitating food for their chick, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) sleeping on a beach, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Close-up of a Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) sleeping on a beach, opens its eye, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) sleeping on a beach, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) sleeping on a beach, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Fur seal (Arctocephalus) sitting in water just off the shore, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Fur seal (Arctocephalus) sitting in the water Medium Close Up, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Fur seal (Arctocephalus) smelling the air, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Wide angle shot of a Fur seal (Arctocephalus) swimming near the shore, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / Waves breaking on a rocky shore during a storm, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Frederique Olivier / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) preening and resting, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.