The book looks at how living organisms, including humans, adapt to their surroundings

It explains the intricate lives of colonies, from the Himalayas to the city

It shows how plants, animals, and humans thrive or survive in the extremes of climate and variety of habitats that the planet offers

It's based on Attenborough's BBC television series

It's difficult to say which is more astonishing: the ingenuity of individual species or the planet itself