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

Lucas Bustamante / Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus) camouflaged in branches while nesting. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perched amid snow-covered branches, New York, USA, February.

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

Lorraine Bennery / Red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) huddling together in tree branches. Anjozorobe Special Reserve, Madagascar. Vulnerable species, endemic.

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