The name of the famous English zoologist, popularizer of science and television journalist David Attenborough is well known to numerous wildlife lovers from his translation of the book “Life on Earth” (“World”, 1984) and the 13-episode television program of the same name. In his new popular science book, Attenborough talks about the huge variety of living conditions on Earth, the connection of living organisms with the environment and their amazing ability to adapt to a wide variety of climatic conditions. A lively, intelligible manner of presentation, a lot of interesting information and observations, supported by excellent The illustrative material will undoubtedly be of interest to lovers of books about the flora and fauna of our planet.