Cover image‘Young emperor penguin, about 4 months old, being fed by its parent just back from its foraging trip at sea (Atka Bay, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica).’, copyright [Alfred Wegener Institute/Photo: Céline Le Bohec, CNRS/CSM], used with kind permission [Alfred Wegener Institute/Photo: Céline Le Bohec, CNRS/CSM].

Cover image'Female Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) in the icy subalpine wilderness of Kings Canyon National Park, at 11,200 feet above sea level', copyright [Paul Maier, Gene by Gene], used with kind permission [Paul Maier, Gene by Gene]

Cover image‘An adult female capuchin (Cebus capucinus imitator) carrying her offspring and grooming an adult male’, copyright [Susan Perry, UCLA], used with kind permission [Susan Perry, UCLA]

Cover image‘Cattails growing in a marsh near Lake Ontario’, copyright [Marcel Dorken, Trent University], used with kind permission [Marcel Dorken, Trent University]

Cover image ‘Male and female of the stick insect Timema californicum’, copyright [Bart Zijlstra, www.bartzijlstra.com]

Cover image ‘Collage showing some of the work submitted by primary and secondary pupils for the Mendel’s artwork competition’. Images used with the artists’ kind permission. Top row, left to right: Eileen, 9yo – James, 11 yo – Lily, 14yo and bottom row, left to right: Zara, 14 yo – Pippa, 11 yo – Desponia, 14 yo.