Jabruson / Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) severed and smoked hands and feet. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough time to get produce to market for sale as 'b...

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...

Ashley Cooper / The Kern Valley Wildlife Refuge in California's Central Valley was created as important resting and feeding grounds for wildfowl migrating along the pacific flyway. After four years of unprecedented d...

Emanuele Biggi / Arid landscape of Deserta Grande, usual habitat of Deserta Grande wolf spider (Hogna ingens), Madeira, Portugal. 2013.

Jabruson / Severed Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) feet and hands await further smoking. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough time to get product to market. Th...

Jabruson / Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) severed and smoked hands and feet with forest butterfly (Nymphalidae) on top. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough t...

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...

David Tipling / Aerial view of a combine harvester, harvesting wheat a month earlier than usual due to drought caused by summer heatwave, Kettlestone, Norfolk. 29th July 2022.

David Tipling / Aerial view of a combine harvester, harvesting wheat a month earlier than usual due to drought caused by summer heatwave, Kettlestone, Norfolk. 29th July 2022.

Barry Mansell / An usual variant of a female Regal jumping spider (Phidippus regius) close up, North Florida, USA. Controlled conditions.

Hermann Brehm / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), nesting on flat ground, rather than the usual sandy bank, Hungary

David Hall / Striped sunstar (Solaster stimpsoni) While this individual has nine arms, ten is more usual for this species. Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September, 2010.

Andy Sands / Curlew (Numenius arquata) walking back to nest on recently burnt heather strip. This is the usual nest site on a working Grouse Moor, a recent decision to ban strip burning on deep peat will have an a...

Andy Sands / Curlew (Numenius arquata) nest with four eggs on recently burnt heather strip - this is the usual nest site on a working Grouse Moor, a recent decision to ban strip burning on deep peat will have an a...

Andy Sands / Curlew (Numenius arquata) nest with four eggs on recently burnt heather strip - this is the usual nest site on a working Grouse Moor, a recent decision to ban strip burning on deep peat will have an a...