Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration of Mandrake (Mandragora) from two pages of the Ortus (Hortus) sanitatis - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health' by Jacob Meydenbach, 1491. He describes plants and animals (both real and mythical) together with minerals and medicine. The mandrake has a wrinkled forked root which is supposed to looks like a human body.

Claus Meyer / Visitors explore an expansive cavern with stalactites, Vale Do Peruacu, Minas Gerais, south Cerrado savannah, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Thin-spined Porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) once thought to be extinct, on a tree trunk at night held by its tail by expert tracker Mr Souza and researcher Rivelino Galvao, both looking at the noctu...

Mark Moffett / Tourists admiring the Iguacu Falls, world's largest waterfalls and the largest tourist attraction in the Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil and Argentina border

Mark Moffett / Military River Frog (Thoropa miliaris) the only frog in the world to hunt in tide-pools, observed by biologist Richardo Sowaya Atlantic Forest, near Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Tree (Andreadoxa flava), the only known individual of a new tree genus living in a cocoa plantation, observed by its discoverer, Andre de Carvalho, Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) captured, Pantanal ecosystem, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Tourists at the Iguacu Falls, world's largest waterfalls and the largest tourist attraction in the Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil and Argentina border

Claus Meyer / Horsemen riding through shallow water, southern Brazil

Claus Meyer / Caiapo Indian group in traditional ceremonial costume, south Amazon ecosystem, Brazil