PREMAPHOTOS / Red-eyed tree frog (Litoria chloris) male with inflated throat sac, calling at night. Queensland, Australia

PREMAPHOTOS / White-lipped tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata) on stems at night, Queensland, Australia

PREMAPHOTOS / Variegated tree frog (Hyla ebraccata) male with inflated throat sac, calling at night. Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / White's / Green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) on lichen at night, Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) amongst rainforest vegetation. Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Millaa Millaa Falls, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Rex lookout near Port Douglas on the Captain Cook Highway, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) amongst rainforest vegetation. Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) amongst rainforest vegetation. Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) amongst rainforest vegetation. Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) amongst rainforest vegetation. Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of the Daintree River, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Daintree Village area and River, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) outside a cabin at Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at a campsite, watched by campers. Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Nick Garbutt / View acroos the forest from the canopy walkway, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Pete Oxford / Parson's chameleon (Calumma / Chamaeleo parsonii parsonii) female in night sleeping position, eastern rainforests from Ranomafana National Park south to Andohahela. MADAGASCAR, endemic

Pete Oxford / Parson's chameleon (Calumma / Chamaeleo parsonii parsonii) male, eastern rainforests from Ranomafana National Park south to Andohahela. MADAGASCAR, endemic

Pete Oxford / Parson's chameleon (Calumma / Chamaeleo parsonii parsonii) male, eastern rainforests from Ranomafana National Park south to Andohahela. MADAGASCAR, endemic

Pete Oxford / Parson's chameleon (Calumma / Chamaeleo parsonii parsonii) male, eastern rainforests from Ranomafana National Park south to Andohahela. MADAGASCAR, endemic

Juan Manuel Borrero / Río Heath, Bahuaja Sonene NP, Peru

PREMAPHOTOS / Male Strawberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) calling, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Strawberry Poison Arrow Frog (Dendrobates pumilio) carrying a tadpole on its back, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Bush-cricket / katydid nymphs (Tettigoniidae) which seem to mimic small ants, in rainforest, Brazil

PREMAPHOTOS / Praying mantis (Tithrone roseipennis) feeding on a fly, tropical rainforest, Trinidad

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest understorey vegetation with flower, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Strangler Fig roots (Ficus sp), Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest canopy, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Buttress roots of Fig tree (Ficus sp), Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest canopy, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Buttress roots of Fig tree (Ficus sp), Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Coconut washed ashore on beach of Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Man sticking head through Poor man's umbrella (Gunnera insignis) in cloud forest, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Tourists looking over cloud forest at Monteverde NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Giant tree fern (Cyathea sp.), Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Coconut washed ashore on beach of Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa rica

Philippe Clement / Poor man's umbrella (Gunnera sp) in cloud forest, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Coconut washed ashore on beach of Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Tropical Rainforest habitat, Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Twisted lianas in Palo Verde NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Spineless Yucca (Yucca gigantea) in botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Strangler fig roots (Ficus sp), Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) perched in tree, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Tropical Rainforest habitat, Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Poor man's umbrella (Gunnera sp) in cloud Forest, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Buttress roots of Fig tree (Ficus sp), Carara National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) perched in tree, Tapanti NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest vegetation in Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Cloud forest vegetation in Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Leaf Katydid (Celidophylla albimacula) common in lowland rainforests of Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Karl Ammann / Indigenous Bantu child on cut tree stump, South East Cameroon, West Africa. The quest for quick profit has turned Africa's equatorial rainforests into a private economic resource for the rich and powe...

Juergen Freund / Kimbe Bay rainforest by the sea, Papua New Guinea

Daniel Gomez / Rafflesia {Rafflesia pricei} flower + local guide. Tambunan Rafflesia Reserve,

Steve Packham / Jumping spider {Myrmarachne sp} mimics weaver ant male. Species native to SE Asia

Steve Packham / Jumping spider {Telamania sp} occurs SE Asia

PREMAPHOTOS / Barkbug covered in mites {Dysodius lunatus} Costa Rica, Central-America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) portrait sitting on a twig, native to tropical rainforests of Central America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) portrait sitting on a twig, native to tropical rainforests of Central America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) portrait sitting on a twig, native to tropical rainforests of Central America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) male with nictitating membrane over eyes, clings onto female in amplexus, stimulating her to lay eggs, native to the tropical rainforests of Central America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) close-up portrait showing tympanum or eardrum, and nictitating membrane which protects the eyes from danger but does not completely restrict vision, native t...

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) eggs, native to the tropical rainforests of Central America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Common Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) coiled around a branch, native to the tropical rainforests, South America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) close-up portrait showing nictitating membrane which protects the eyes from danger but does not completely restrict vision, native to tropical rainforests of...

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) close-up portrait with eyes wide open, native to tropical rainforests of Central America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) eggs, native to the tropical rainforests of Central America

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Asian Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta) camouflaged against leaf litter on ground, native to tropical rainforests of Asia

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) sitting on glass showing underside and suction cup-like feet which allow the frog to attach to smooth surfaces, native to the tropical rainforests of Central...

Doug Wechsler / Tropical rainforest midstorey viewed from canopy Rio Napo Ecuador

Nick Upton / Clouds over mountains and rainforest canopy, Taiwan, view south from Hohuan Shan

Nick Upton / Mid elevation forests, Fu-shan, Taiwan

Nick Upton / Mid elevation forests, Fu-shan, Taiwan

Nick Upton / Mist over mountains and rainforest canopy, Taiwan, view south from Hohuan Shan

Rod Williams / Golden conure {Guaruba / Aratinga guarouba} juvenile feeding in Hibiscus tree, captive, from rainforests of Brazil, Endangered

Nick Upton / Clouds over mountains and rainforest canopy, Taiwan, view south from Hohuan Shan

Dave Watts / Superb lyrebird display {Menura novaehollandiae} SE Australia

John Waters / African elephant at Dzanga bai (forest clearing) mineral lick in early morning, Central African Republic

John Waters / African elephants at Dzanga bai (forest clearing) mineral lick Central African Republic

Nick Garbutt / Madagascar fruit bat roosting, Eastern rainforest, Madagascar

Doc White / Brown throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus), Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Onne van der Wal / A tender off the stern of an 88 foot Tripp designed sloop, "Shaman", anchored in the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific.

Mike Potts / Agouti (Dasyprocta genus) in forest, Barrow Colorado Island, Panama

PREMAPHOTOS / Giant / marine cane toads (Bufo marinus) pair in amplexus at night, with swollen poison glands behind the eyes, Trinidad

PREMAPHOTOS / Map tree frog (Hyla geographica) of juvenile colour form, on a leaf in the Atlantic coast rainforests of Brazil

PREMAPHOTOS / Yellow harlequin frog (Atelopus oxyrhynchus), a diurnal species in the rainforests of Venezuela, Critically endangered species

PREMAPHOTOS / Rough backed frog (Mantidactylus asper) camouflaged amongst dead leaves on the rainforest floor, Madagascar

PREMAPHOTOS / Giant / marine cane toad (Bufo marinus) at night with swollen poison glands behind the eyes, Trinidad

PREMAPHOTOS / Dead-leaf toad (Bufo typhonius) well camouflaged on the rainforest floor, Panama

PREMAPHOTOS / Trinidad leaf frog (Phyllomedusa trinitatis), considered by some to be the same species as Phyllomedusa tarsius. Tadpoles hatching from eggs laid in a pouch of leaves above water, Trinidad

PREMAPHOTOS / Black-spined toad (Bufo melanostictus) on the ground at night, Java

PREMAPHOTOS / Dead-leaf toad (Bufo typhonius) well camouflaged on the rainforest floor, Panama

PREMAPHOTOS / Variegated tree frog (Hyla ebraccata) in typical daytime resting pose on a leaf, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Trinidad leaf frog (Phyllomedusa trinitatis), considered by some to be the same species as Phyllomedusa tarsius. Close-up of male's eye at night, Trinidad

PREMAPHOTOS / White's / Green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) on branches at night, Australia

PREMAPHOTOS / Rocket frog (Litoria nasuta) with inflated throat sac, calling. A mosquito is sitting on its head. Queensland, Australia. Rocket frogs can jump 4m (over 100 times their own body length). They would wi...

PREMAPHOTOS / Boettgers tree frog (Heterixalus boettgeri) on a leaf, Madagascar