Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) female watching an approaching male, Surinam

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at end of the working day, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Fairy Duster (Calliandra sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Nick Garbutt / Adult Violin Beetle (Mormolyce borneensis) on decaying leaf on the rain forest floor. Near Ginseng Camp in the heart of Maliau Basin - Sabah's 'Lost World'. Maliau Basin, Borneo.

Philippe Clement / Heavy rain pouring down on lake Lago dei Caprioli surrounded by pine forest. Dolomites, Italy, July 2010.

Philippe Clement / Heavy rain pouring down on lake Lago dei Caprioli surrounded by pine forest. Dolomites, Italy, July 2010.

Chien Lee / Lowland rainforest with sunrays cutting through mist, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Thomas Marent / Atlas Beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) in rainforest, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Atlas Beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) in rainforest, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Murray Cooper / Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) in lowland rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Buttress roots (Ficus sp.)in rainforest, Cocaya River, eastern Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Buttress roots, Mapari, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Kaieteur Waterfall where the Potaro River runs into the Essequibo River, Kaieteur National Park, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Rainforest and Essequibo River, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Rainbow over rainforest and Kanuku Mountains, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Rainforest and Kanuku Mountains, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Road runnning through rainforest, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Rainforest, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Essequibo River, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Chien Lee / Stilt roots are a common feature among tree species which inhabit wet forests, Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Stream flowing through pristine lowland rainforest in Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Ox-bow lake with dugout canoe, Yasuni National Park Biosphere Reserve Amazon Rain Forest. Ecuador South America. November 2004

Suzi Eszterhas / Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) nine month old baby playing in tree, Gunung Leuser National Park, north Sumatra, Indonesia

Alan Watson / Montane rainforest canopy and clouds at 1,200 metres, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Stephen Dalton / Highland rubyspot (Hetaerina sp) in flight, Venezuealan cloudforest. South America

Konrad Wothe / Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in rainforest, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Chien Lee / Lowland rainforest interior, Sabah, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Rainforest with sun rays cutting through the mist, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Canopy of lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Canopy of lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Small waterfall in rainforest interior, Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Poinsignon and Hackel / Sillhouette of Black woodpecker {Dryocopus martius} flying from nest hole in tree trunk in mist / rain, ancient forest, Vosges mountains, Lorraine, France. Overall winner and winner of the Birds categ...

Laurie Campbell / Raindrops on Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) needles, Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Speyside, Scotland, August

Theo Allofs / Buttress roots of giant trees in tropical rainforest, Tongkoko Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Aerial view of waterfall and rain forest near Punta Dolores, south coast region of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. January 2008

Kevin Schafer / Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) in flooded forest, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tropical rainstorm in tropical rainforest, Danum Valley Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia 2007

Thomas Marent / Canopy of lowland rainforest at dawn with fog, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Tall trees covered with plants in lowland rainforest, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Buttress root in rainforest with photographer Pete Oxford standing beneath it, Sacha Lodge, Amazon Rain Forest, Ecuador

Kevin Schafer / Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) portrait, Poco das Antas Reserve, Atlantic Forest, southeast Brazil

Thomas Marent / Banded Anole (Anolis insignis) displaying dewlap in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Theo Allofs / Mokau Falls in rainforest, Te Urewera National Park, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Primary rainforest, western slope of Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Creek flowing through temperate rainforest, Fjordland National Park, New Zealand

Luciano Candisani / Atlantic Forest, Carlos Botelho State Park, Brazil

Konrad Wothe / Mountain rainforest, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Konrad Wothe / La Paz Waterfalls in rainforest, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) hanging in tree, Amazon, Peru

Pete Oxford / Dugout canoe in blackwater stream, Yasuni National Park Biosphere Reserve, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Vines in tropical rainforest understory, Yasuni National Park declarned a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1989, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Vines in tropical rainforest understory, Yasuni National Park declarned a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1989, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tropical rainforest understory, Yasuni National Park declarned a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1989, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Tim Fitzharris / Tabacon River, cascades and pools in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii) flower, is the largest flower in the world, fresh open first day, highlands, Malaysian Peninsula

Christian Ziegler / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) three males sitting on a stem, Soberania National Park, Panama

Patricio Robles Gil / Fiji Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) beside Heliconia, endemic to Fiji and Tonga

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cup Fungus (Cookeina tricholoma) group of five growing out of log, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Interior cloud forest, shafts of sunlight shining through canopy break allowing growth of understory plants, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Splendid Leaf Frog (Agalychnis calcarifer) a rarely seen species associated with natural forest gaps, Costa Rica

Gerry Ellis / Mid and upper canopy interior of tropical rainforest, Kakamega Forest Reserve, Kenya

Nick Garbutt / Male Three-horned Rhinoceros beetle {Chalcosoma mollenkampi} on buttress root, lowland rain forest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Pete Oxford / Red and Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera) flying, wings spread, back view, wild, ranges from humid east Panama to Brazil, east Peru, north-east Bolivia and Paraguay, Cerrado habitat, Mato Grosso do Sul, B...

Pete Oxford / Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) pauses while feeding on palm fruit, native to Amazon rainforest, South America

Mark Moffett / Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) the most poisonous of the dart frogs, western Colombia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) displaying colorful warning colors, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Deforestation study plot, biological dynamics for forest fragments project near Manaus, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Strawberry Tree Frog (Hyla pantosticta) male on a bromeliad in the cloud forest, Carchi Province, northeastern Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group workers carrying leaf segments, note minim riding on leaf as protection against parasitic flies, rainforest, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) portrait, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Cloud Forest Tree Frog (Hyla pellucens) sitting on edge of leaf, Choco Rainforest, northwest Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Chachi Tree Frog (Hyla picturata), Choco Rainforest, threatened habitat, northwestern Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Meg Lowman strides across a canopy raft to collect insect samples with her net as Bruce Rinker inspects the previous catch, Cameroon

Gerry Ellis / Mist atop hillsides covered in low montane tropical rainforest inside, Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania

Gerry Ellis / Gombe stream flowing through dense low montane tropical rainforest inside Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker carries leaf with its jaws full, workers carrying leaves must rely on a special cast of smaller ants riding on the leaves to defend against Phorid fly (Phoridae...

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) and orchid flower, Malaysia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Blue-sided Leaf Frog (Agalychnis annae) hanging on leaf, close-up, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Caecilian (Gymnophis multiplicata) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly flying in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) immature hummingbird feeding and pollinating Coral Tree (Erythrina sp) flowers, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding, pollinating epiphytic orchid flower, cloud forest ecosystem, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird male feeding on nectar from a Bromeliad flower, La Selva Biological Research Station, Rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating Coral Tree (Erythrina sp) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Misfit Leaf Frog (Agalychnis saltator) on leaf, close-up, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) portrait, rainforest in Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) perched in tree, Costa Rican rainforest

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) perched in tree, Costa Rican rainforest

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia edward) male flying near Firebush flowers (Hamelia patens) cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) eating Passion Fower (Passiflora sp) fruit at nest cavity, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae) hummingbird male feeding on epiphytic Heath (Cavendishia complectens) nectar, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird female feeding and pollinating flower of epiphytic Heath (Cavendishia melastomoides) cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding and pollinating flowers of epiphytic Heath (Cavendishia capitulata), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Tiger-striped Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) on Heliconia (Heliconia stricta), Amazon rainforest, Peru