SIMON KING / Male Dingo (Canis dingo) digging for rabbit in desert, Central Australia

Pete Oxford / Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Elderly lady, outside in Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Landscape of sand dune system, Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Road through Salar de Atacama, Atacama desert, Chile, South America

Martin Gabriel / Pinnacles Desert at dawn Nambung NP, Western Australia

Steven David Miller / Thorny devil {Moloch horridus} Uluru NP, Central Australia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Desert marigold flowers {Baileya multiradiata} Big Bend NP. Texas, USA.

Warwick Sloss / Aboriginal men, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia on set of 'Monsters we meet'

Warwick Sloss / Perentie / Giant monitor lizard {Varanus giganteus} catpive, NT, Australia

James Aldred / Fennec fox {Fennecus zerda} emerging from den in sand dune, Sahara desert, Morocco 1997

Huw Cordey / Portrait of nomadic tribesman from Gobi desert, living in traditional yurts, Mongolia.~January 2004.~Filmed for BBC Planet Earth series.

Huw Cordey / Domesticated Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) walking across Gobi Desert, Mongolia, January 2004.~From BBC Planet Earth Series.

Jack Dykinga / Mexico Teddy bear cholla cactus {Opuntia biegelovii} growing on volcanic lava flow, Pinacate and Gran Desierto Altar Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran desert, Mexico

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Desert roses (Adenium obesum), Wadi Hareet, Oman

Bruno D'Amicis / Beetle (Tenebrio sp) walking on sand dune in the Sahara desert, Erg Chebbi, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Laurent Geslin / Young women from the Borona tribe, carrying wate,r. Omo valley, South Ethiopia. 2006

Pete Oxford / Flock of goats following Rabari man of the Vadhiyara subgroup found near the city of Bhavnagar in Gujarat, India, 2006

Matthew Maran / Rock Formation, Salar de Uyuni (salt flats), Altiplano, Bolivia

Solvin Zankl / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) with Sesriem Sossusvlei sand dune in the background, Namib desert, Namibia

Jack Dykinga / Sand Verbena (Abronia villosa) and Birdcage Evening Primrose (Oenothera deltoides) flowering on Pinta Sands, Sierra Pinta Mtns, Cabeza Prieta NW Refuge, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Teddy Bear Cholla (Opuntia bigelovii) and Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) lit by the afternoon light in the Sand Tank Mountains, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunrise, Cabeza Prieta NW Refuge, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Coastal Century Plant (Agave shawii) with red edging and spines, Sonoran Desert, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Central America

Pete Oxford / Cactus {Trichocereus sp} in flower on the Altiplano, Bolivia

Philippe Clement / Parry’s Century Plant (Agave parryi). Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA

Philippe Clement / Harris' antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) feeding on Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea). Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA

Philippe Clement / Eroded sandstone cliffs in the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona, USA May 2007

John Cancalosi / Green Lynx Spider (Puecetia viridans) on Prickly pear blossom {Opuntia sp} waiting prey attracted to blossom, Arizona, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Desert sunflowers flowering on dark sand dunes, Colorado, USA, 1995

George Chan / Yardang Geological Park in Gansu Province, North-west China. June 2007, BBC ^Wild China^ series. These elongate desert landforms are formed by strong, unidirectional, sediment-laden prevailing winds

Jouan & Rius / Two young Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) at burrow entrance, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Jack Dykinga / Close-up of the twisted limbs of a freeze-damaged Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), with new limbs emerging. Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona

Jack Dykinga / Wahweap Hoodoos, Utah. These cap-rock pinnacles have been formed by the erosion of the softer Entrada sandstone layers beneath the harder Dakota sandstone cap-rock

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) standing on hind legs in the Chinese desert. September 2006

Robert Valentic / Following the desert rains a Holy cross frog {Notaden benneti} comes to the surface after a long period underground, Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Herero women with milking cow while calf suckles, Kaokoland, Namib desert, Namibia

Mark Carwardine / Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) running, captive, Living Desert Zoo, Palm Desert, California, USA

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian / Mountain gazelle {Gazella gazella} scraping the soil, backlit, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Pharaoh / Savigny's eagle owl {Bubo ascalaphus} male in sand dune, Sweihan, UAE

Solvin Zankl / Camel spider / Wind scorpion {Solifugae} close up of mouthparts, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / 5000 year old tree stumps in Deadvlei dried up salt pan, with red Sossusvlei sand dunes rising in the background, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys sidewinding adder (Bitis peringueyi) buried in sand with just eyes visible, Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert dune ant (Camponotus detritus) at entrance to nest tunnel amongst roots of perennial vegetation, Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Web-footed gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) on sand dune in the Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys Sidewinding Adder (Bitis peringueyi) moving over the loose sand in typical mode of locomotion, Namib desert, Namibia

Laurent Geslin / Shepherd with flock of sheep at dawn, Thar desert, Rajastan, India