Michael Bright has worked as an executive producer with the BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit, based in Bristol, and with its Science Unit in London. He is author of over a hundred books on wildlife, science, travel, and conservation, including many for children. His bestseller Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown accompanied the popular television series presented by Sir David Attenborough. He is the recipient of many international radio and television awards, including the prestigious Prix Italia. He is a graduate of the University of London and a corporate biologist and member of the Royal Society of Biology. Jonathan Emmerson is an illustrator and printmaker. Growing up on Salisbury Plain near Stonehenge led to a lifelong fascination with nature, fossils and all things prehistoric. He studied Fine Art at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, and lives in St. Albans, making linocut prints inspired by the natural world.

• 1: Above1: Atlantic Puffin1: Snow Leopard1: Spanish Mountain Flower1: Rocky Mountain Goat1: Leaf-eared Mouse1: Peregrine Falcon1: Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby1: Barn Swallow1: Below1: The Olm1: Basking Shark1: Cave Swiftlets1: The Mole1: Western Underground Orchid1: Brown Rat1: Common Eel1: Mariana Snailfish1: Long Ago1: Ammonite1: Megalodon1: Jurassic Orchid1: Trilobite1: Coelacanth1: Horseshoe Crab1: The Gingko1: Tuatara1: Where in the World?1: Glossary1: The illustrations in this book1: Index