Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Lantern fly (Fulgora laternaria) walking along a branch in the rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Millipede (Diplopoda) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Millipede (Diplopoda) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Bernard Castelein / Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in tree, relaxing, Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar

Markus Varesvuo / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) perched in lichen covered tree. Helsinki, Finland. February.

Sven Zacek / Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) perched on snow covered branch in evening light. Vorumaa, Southern Estonia. November.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female stretching wings whilst perched in Spruce (Picea sp) tree. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. May.

Sven Zacek / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) with Willow (Salix sp) branch for winter stockpile. Near Suur Emajogi River, Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. January.

Paul Hobson / Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) singing whilst perched on branch, silhouetted at dawn. Sheffield, England, UK. May.