Fabio Liverani / Large headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) resting in tree, Monkey Island, River Maldonado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Woman walking through rainforest understorey with palm trees and aerial buttress roots, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Close up of wing feathers of Scarlet macaw {Ara macao} Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Hoatzin {Opisthocomus hoazin} perched, Tambopata National reserve, Condenado lake, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Green vine snake {Oxybelis fulgidus} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Blue and yellow macaws {Ara ararauna} feeding at dawn on clay lick, Collpa Colorado, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Spectacled caiman {Caiman crododilus} in River Tambopata at night, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Man crossing rainforest canopy walkway at 70ft above ground level, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Large headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) portrait, Monkey Island, River Maldonado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Close up of wing feathers of Scarlet macaw {Ara macao} Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Mealy amazon parrots {Amazona farinosa} and Blue headed parrot {Pionus menstruus} feeding on clay lick at dawn, Collpa Colorado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Green vine snake {Oxybelis fulgidus} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Spectacled caiman {Caiman crododilus} on banks of River Tambopata at night, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Large headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) portrait, Monkey Island, River Maldonado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Looking up through rainforest canopy to termite nest in tree, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / White fronted capuchin {Cebus albifrons} resting in tree, Monkey Island, River Maldonado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Green vine snake {Oxybelis fulgidus} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Mealy amazon parrots {Amazona farinosa} feeding on clay lick at dawn, Collpa Colorado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Rainforest canopy at dawn / dusk, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Rainforest canopy walkway at 70ft above ground level, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Boat on the Tambopata river, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / White fronted capuchin {Cebus albifrons} looking down from tree, Monkey Island, River Maldonado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Mealy amazon parrots {Amazona farinosa} feeding on clay lick at dawn, Collpa Colorado, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Capybara {Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris} Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Collared peccary {Tayassu tajacu} in rainforest understorey, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Lianas, epiphytes and other plants in rainforest tree near canopy, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Scarlet macaw {Ara macao} portrait, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Parrot snake {Leptophis ahaetulla} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Leafcutter ant {Atta sp} carrying piece of leaf with another ant on the leaf cleaning it, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Tarantula spider {Pamphobeteus sp} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Leafcutter ant {Atta sp} carrying piece of leaf with another ant on the leaf cleaning it, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Tarantula spider {Pamphobeteus sp} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Blue and yellow macaws {Ara ararauna} feeding at dawn on clay lick, Collpa Colorado, Tambopata National reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Tarantula spider {Pamphobeteus sp} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Man watching Tarantula spider {Pamphobeteus sp} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Highly venomous Brazilian wandering spider {Phoneutria sp} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Highly venomous Brazilian wandering spider {Phoneutria sp} Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Cicada recently emerged from larval case, inflating its wings, sequence 2/5, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Cicada recently emerged from larval case, inflating its wings, sequence 3/5, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Cicada recently emerged from larval case, inflating its wings, sequence 5/5, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Fabio Liverani / Praying mantis {Liturgusa sp} in rainforest, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Thomas Marent / Columbian Lesser Black Tarantula (Xenesthis immanis) on log in flooded forest, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) eating fruit, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) with Heliconia, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Buckley's Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi) portrait, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Gunther's Banded Treefrog (Hypsiboas fasciatus) sitting in mushroom, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Mushroom pair, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Hermann Brehm / Two Blue and yellow macaws {Ara ararauna} in trees, Tambopata reserve, Peru

Theo Allofs / Biolat Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates biolat) on nose of biologist Aleyda Curo Miranda, Tambopata River, Peru

Theo Allofs / Three-striped Poison Dart Frog (Ameerega trivittata), Tambopata River, Peru

Theo Allofs / Three-striped Poison Dart Frog (Ameerega trivittata) portrait, Tambopata River, Peru

Theo Allofs / Tree Frog (Phyllomedusa sp) on stem of heliconia flower, Tambopata River, Peru

Theo Allofs / Red-skirted Tree Frog (Hyla rhodopepla) on Heliconia flower, Tambopata River, Peru

Thomas Marent / Illioneus Giant Owl (Caligo illioneus), Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Amazon Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) portrait, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Three-striped Poison Dart Frog (Ameerega trivittata) parent carrying tadpoles to temporary ponds, Tambopata, Peru

Thomas Marent / Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) head, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Map Treefrog (Hyla geographica) portrait, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Snail (Strophochelidae) crawling up tree trunk, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Spider on leaf, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Tarantula (Theraphosidae) leg, showing fine hairs used as sense organs, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) group feeding on minerals at clay lick, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) eating, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) group and Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) feeding on minerals at clay lick, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) portrait, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Katydid (Choeroparnops sp) on branch, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Grasshopper pair mating, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Lubber Grasshopper (Tropidacris sp) on cone, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) on tree trunk, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Red and Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera), Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Red and Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera) portrait, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Stink Bug portrait, Tambopata, Peru

Thomas Marent / Cicada (Fidicina chlorogena) larvae mud-tubes, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Jumping Stick (Apioscelis sp) which looks like a stick insect, but is actually a grasshoper that has evolved the same type of camouflage, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Red Cracker (Hamadryas amphinome), Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Nymphalid Butterfly (Haetera sp) on mushroom, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Lemon-yellow-lepiota (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii) mushroom with insect larva, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Cup Fungus (Cookeina sp) trio, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) young, Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, Peru

Doug Wechsler / Black witch moth {Ascalapha odorata} Tambopata Reserve, Peru.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Aerial roots of Strangler fig tree {Ficus sp} Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rainforest in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Liana in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pineapple plant (Ananas comosus) in tropical vegetation on banks of Lake Sandoval, Tambopata NP, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rainforest in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Forest vegetation on the banks of Lake Sandoval, Tambopata NP, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Skull of Tapir {Tapirus sp} held by forest warden, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru 2006.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Aguaje palms (Mauritia flexuosa) on the banks of Lake Sandoval, Tambopata NP, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tambopata river, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Aguaje palms (Mauritia flexuosa) on the banks of Lake Sandoval, Tambopata NP, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rainforest emergent trees in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Aguaje palms (Mauritia flexuosa)on the banks of Lake Sandoval, Tambopata NP, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Aguaje palms (Mauritia flexuosa) on the banks of Lake Sandoval, Tambopata NP, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Silhouette of trees against clear sky and moon, Tambopata National Reserve. Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Red-bellied Macaw (Ara manilata) emerging from nest hole in palm tree, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tourists on raft observing Aguaje palms (Mauritia flexuosa) along banks of Lake Sandoval, Tambopata NP, Peru 2006.