Jack Dykinga / Pine tree draped with moss, and a bromeliad growing on it, in the cloud forest of El Cielo Biosphere Reserve on a misty morning. Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis) beside a pool with submerged Yellow pond lily (Nuphar polysepala) and Cypress (Taxodium sp) in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Accumulated rainwater on a Mafafa leaf in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico

Claudio Contreras / Two-edged laelia orchid (Laelia anceps) flower, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeast Mexico, November

Claudio Contreras / Two-edged laelia orchid (Laelia anceps) flower, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeast Mexico, November

Claudio Contreras / Two-edged laelia orchid (Laelia anceps) flower, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeast Mexico, November

Claudio Contreras / Headwaters of the Rio Frio, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Claudio Contreras / Tamaulipan False Brook Salamander (Pseudoeurycea scandens) on cave wall. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeast Mexico, November.

Claudio Contreras / Longhorn beetle (Taeniotes scalaris) on leaf, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, November

Claudio Contreras / Malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, November

Claudio Contreras / Peanut-head bug (Fulgora laternaria) defense display showing eye spots on hind wings, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Claudio Contreras / Peanut-head bug (Fulgora laternaria) El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Claudio Contreras / Crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) captive, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Jack Dykinga / Flowering bromeliad (Tillandsia sp) amongst oak Quercus sp) forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Cloud forest with a flowering bromeliad (Bromeliad sp) on Clethra pringlei tree, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Giant Fig Tree (Ficus sp) with buttress roots in tropical cloud-forest, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Back-lit vein patterns on a broad-leafed Xanthosoma plant in the cloud forest of El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Sunrise light filters through Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) draped over the canopy in the El Cielo foothills, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Lichen covered boulders draped with fallen cactus (Seleniocereus sp) amongst oak forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Broad leafed Xanthosoma sp and ferns in the cloud forest of El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Close up of the curled bark of a Gumbo limbo tree (Bursera simaruba), El Cielo foothills, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Moss covered, vine-entangled cloud forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Pine (Pinus sp) drapped with moss silhouetted against a colourful foggy sunrise, a cloud forest, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Rain-soaked ferns, mosses, and bromeliads growing on trees in a cloud forest, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Bromeliads growing on trees by a stream in a cloud forest, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Aerial view of sink hole, El Cielo biosphere reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Aerial view of dry tropical forest, El Cielo biosphere reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / El Cielo biosphere reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Male Great curassow {Crax rubra} El Cielo reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Male Great curassow {Crax rubra} El Cielo reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Silhouette of Pine tree and Spanish moss in fog, El Cielo biosphere reserve, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Crested guan {Penelope purpurascens} El Cielo Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Trees in the El Cielo biosphere reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Male Great curassow {Crax rubra} El Cielo reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Male Great curassow {Crax rubra} El Cielo reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Male Great curassow {Crax rubra} in forest tree with bromeliads, El Cielo reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Silhouette of Pine tree and Spanish moss in fog, El Cielo biosphere reserve, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Spiny lizard on moss {Sceloporus sp} El Cielo reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Male Great curassow {Crax rubra} in forest tree with bromeliads, El Cielo reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Mountains covered with dense cloud forest, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Pine (Pinus sp) tree in cloud forest silhouetted with moss, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Black Orchid (Encyclia cochleata), El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) among mosses in cloud forest, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Ficus tree (Ficus inspida) base with buttress roots covered in algae, surrounded by other trees in cloud forest, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Rio Frio, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Emerald cicada (Zammara calochroma) on stem. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Lubber grasshopper (Chromacris colorata) on leaf. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Blind cave cricket (Tachycines sp.) inside cave. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Jewel weevil (Eurhinus magnificus) on stem. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Spined orbweaver spider (Micrathena gracilis) on leaf. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Mexican Hercules beetle (Dynastes hyllus) on branch. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Aztec spur-throat grasshopper (Aidemona azteca) on leaf. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) on leaf. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Blue flat-backed millipede (Myriapoda) inside cave. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Precious metal scarab beetle (Pelidnota strigosa) on leaf. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.