Earth Shots

As a child, Sir David Attenborough was transfixed by the work of Cherry Kearton, a photographer and filmmaker who almost single-handedly changed the way we view the natural world.

Twenty years on, relive the iconic scene from Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth that changed our understanding of how polar bears adapt to survive.

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

Wildcats are so elusive, they were thought to be extinct in parts of Europe. But they are making a comeback in some areas.

The photo shaped the world's perception of the existential threat climate change poses to low-lying island nations.

Dramatic underwater photos capture the elusive Amazonian pink dolphins red-handed.

In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.