Olga Kamenskaya / Freshwater amphipod (Acanthogammarus lappaceus) Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia.

Piotr Naskrecki / Common Flat-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) its mouth is fitted with more teeth than that of any other land animal, to help capture frogs and other small, slippery animals, Madagascar

Cyril Ruoso / Spider eating a Bee, southern Madagascar

Cyril Ruoso / Malagasy Striped Snake (Dromicodryas bernieri) in an aggressive posture against another snake, southern Madagascar

Ingo Arndt / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) pair, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) diurnal, common in mixed deciduous and evergreen forest, northwestern Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii) very rare in nature, is found only in the town of Maroantsetra, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii) very rare in nature, is found only in the town of Maroantsetra, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii) very rare in nature, is found only in the town of Maroantsetra, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Lesser Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis nigra) feeding on seeds, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Eastern White-lipped Treefrog (Boophis albilabris), Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Praying Mantis (Mantis sp) portrait, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Pill Millipede curled up in defensive posture, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Pill Millipede curled up in defensive posture, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Velvet Mite (Trombidium sp) pair, smaller male following larger female, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Spider (Eriauchenius sp) specialized as a predator of other spiders, considered a living fossil as was originally described from fossil material, and only subsequently found living in Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) long neck is used in ritualized male combat, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Praying Mantis (Mantis sp) on an Orchid, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Rainbow Burrowing Frog (Scaphiophryne gottlebei) found at Isalo National Park and south central highlands, critically endangered, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) this cockroach is diurnal and slow-moving, Tsimanampetsotsa Lake, southwest Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) this cockroach is diurnal and slow-moving, Tsimanampetsotsa Lake, southwest Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake (Langaha madagascariensis) female, portrait, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Terrestrial flatworm, Isalo National Park, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Mark Moffett / Weevil clinging to twig, life-size close-up, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Spiny desert tree trunk, south Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) close-up of male on leaf, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata) a poison dart frog, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar