| Introduction by | Fabien Cousteau |
| Senior Editor/Director | Peter Frances, Angeles Gavira Guerrero |
| Project Editor/Coordinator/Director | Rob Houston |
| Editor | Rebecca Warren, Miezan van Zyl, Ruth O'Rourke, Amber Tokeley, Christine Heilman |
| Indexer | Sue Butterworth, John Dear |
| Proofreader | Polly Boyd, Ben Hoare |
| Art Director/Editor | Ina Stradins, Peter Laws, Kenny Grant, Maxine Lea, Mark Lloyd, Bryn Walls |
| Designed by | Francis Wong, Matt Schofield, Steve Knowlden |
| Cartographer/Cartography by | Roger Bullen, Paul Eames, David Roberts (4), Iowerth Watkins |
| Other | Julian Dams, Laragh Kedwell, Joanna Bull, American Museum Of Natural History |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Lee Ellwood, Sharon Spencer |
| Photo/Picture Researcher | Louise Thomas |
| Illustrator | Mick Posen, John Woodcock, John Plumer, Barry Croucher, Planetary Visions |
| Managing Editor | Sarah Larter, Liz Wheeler, Philip Ormerod |
| Publishing Director | Jonathan Metcalf |
| Consultant | John Sparks |
| Publisher | DK Publishing |
| Copyright Holder | Dorling Kindersley Limited |
| Color Reproduction | Colourscan |
| Printed and Bound by | Leo Paper Products |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York |
| This Edition Published | 2006 |
| Copyright | 2006 |
| Pages / Font | 512 pages |
| Printer's Key | 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | GC21.O23 2006 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 551.46--dc22 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 2006010469 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-7566-2205-0 |
| ISBN 13 | 978-0-7566-2205-3 |
| Barcode | 9 780756 622053 |
| Notes | First American Edition, 2006 |
