Mark Bowler / Aerial view of Amazon rainforest with river, Peru

Ammonite / Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) entering a pool of water and wallowing, footage taken at night using thermal camera technology, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / Male White-throated / White-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) climbing and jumping in canopy, showing use of prehensile tail, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / Black-handed / Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) feeding on figs, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) climbing down and falling out of tree, showing use of partially prehensile tail, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) climbing down tree, showing use of partially prehensile tail, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / White-throated capuchins (Cebus capucinus) alarm calling, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / White-throated / White-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) climbing and playing with twig, showing use of prehensile tail, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / Mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) climbing through canopy, showing use of prehensile tail, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Ammonite / Family of White-throated / White-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) resting and grooming each other, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

John Cancalosi / Adult Common morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) emerging from chrysalis, Costa Rica. Sequence 1/4.

John Cancalosi / Hooded mantis (Choeradodis rhombifolia) eating katydid prey, Costa Rica.

John Cancalosi / Hooded mantis (Choeradodis rhombifolia) catching katydid prey, Costa Rica. Sequence 1/2.

Bence Mate / Portrait of Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Head portrait of Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Shadow outline of Splendid leaf frog (Agalychnis calcarifer) through leaf, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Andy Rouse / Indri (Indri indri) portrait in tropical rainforest habitat. Madagascar.

Tim Laman / Long-nosed Tree Frog (Litoria pinocchio). New species discovered by Paul Oliver at 1200 m elevation in the Foja Mountains. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation Internatio...

Pete Oxford / Canopy Walkway, 275m long, 36m high rigid walkway, at Sacha Lodge. Napo River bordering Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest Ecuador.

Mark Bowler / Cloud forest Alto Mayo Protection Forest Reserve Amazonas Peru - Habitat of Yellow tailed-woolly monkey. June 2008.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of coral cays and white sand bars surrounding Bugsuk Island, Farm 1 of Jewelmer pearl farm. This private island has been highly protected since the 1970's and is in pristine environmental...

Andy Rouse / Virunga Volcanoes National Park at dawn. Rwanda, Africa, April 2010.

Andy Rouse / View from the undergrowth looking up into the canopy of rainforest; prime Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) habitat of the Susa group on the upper slopes of Karisimbi Volcano. Virunga Volcanoes National Park...

Andy Rouse / Portrait of a Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) with a view over forest canopy. Rwanda, Africa, March.

Andy Rouse / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) infant peering through vegetation. Rwanda, Africa

Jouan & Rius / Stick insect (Diesbachia tamyris) female with wings open, rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Two Lanternflies (Purops intricata) on rainforest tree, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) moving through mangrove forest, Bako NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Tropical rainforest interior with stream, Bako NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Rafflesia flower (Rafflesia keithii) in Gunung Gading NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Praying mantis defensive display, Similajau NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Ground pitcher plant (Nepenthes ampullaria) flowering in Heath / Kerangas forest, Bako NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Ground pitcher plant (Nepenthes ampullaria) flowering in Heath / Kerangas forest, Bako NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Fruit and seed in tropical rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown, model released, using a Matape to strain liquid from mashed Cassava to make Cassava flour, Katoka, Rupununi, Guyana, February 2010. Model released

Pete Oxford / Macushi woman preparing cassava bread from Cassava / Yuca (Manihot esculenta), crop is harvested, peeled, grated, squeezed to a matape, sieved, and roasted into a large flat piece of bread, Fairview...

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana , December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana, December 2009

Barrie Britton / Decorated bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata). Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Picture taken during filming for the BBC "Life" TV Series, September 2008

Mary McDonald / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) using rocks to crack nuts, Piaui, Brazil

Edwin Giesbers / Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) baby hanging from trees, and chewing on fingers, Semengoh Nature reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Endangered

Edwin Giesbers / Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) baby climbing in branches of tree, Semengoh Nature reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Endangered

Edwin Giesbers / Asian giant forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) with tail raised, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Edwin Giesbers / Fanged pitcher plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata) on white background, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Kevin Schafer / Aerial view of flooded rainforest / varzea, Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil, July 2008

Bence Mate / Three Brown-hooded Parrots (Pyrilia haematotis) one taking off from branch, in the rain Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Giraffe necked weevil {Trachelophorus giraffa} male on leaf of host plant (Dichaetanthera cordifolia) tropical rainforest, Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Alex Hyde / Tropical rainforest meeting the sea. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar, October 2009

Alex Hyde / Lined Leaf-tailed Gecko {Uroplatus lineatus} showing darker nocturnal colouration, camouflaged amongst dead palm fronds. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Malagasy green lynx spider {Peucetia madagascariensis}. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Leaf-tailed gecko {Uroplatus sikorae} licking its eye to clean it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Saturniidae) cocoon, used in textile production, photographed on a white background. Maroantsetra, Northeast Madagascar.

Mary McDonald / Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) adult bird perched on the edge of the forest. Laguana del Lagarto, Costa Rica, Central America.

Michael D. Kern / Zoo Atlanta / White-spotted leaf frog (Cochranella albomaculata) captive, from Central America. Please credit Michael Kern / Zoo Atlanta.

Nick Garbutt / Mossy Leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) cleaning eye with tongue. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

Michel Roggo / Butterfly peacock bass (Cichla ocellaris) in flooded forest, Rio Tabajos, Amazon, Brazil.

Michel Roggo / Rio Negro flooded during rainy season, Amazon, Brazil, 1993.

Michel Roggo / Backwaters of the Rio Mamore with meanders and oxbow lake, Beni, Bolivia, January 2001.

Michel Roggo / Three-barred / speckled peacock bass (Cichla temensis) entering flooded forest to spawn. Tributary Rio Tabajos, Para, Brazil.

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) on tree branch preparing to leap into the air to cross between trees, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Lowland dipterocarp rainforest and river in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia,

Tim Laman / Aerial view of an oxbow lake in the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Aflo / N-22304 Slash and Burn. Burning rainforest to clear land for agriculture. Brazil.

Alan Watson / Storm clouds approaching over tropical rainforest growing on limestone island, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, October 2009

Neil Lucas / Jungle stream and rainforest, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia, December 2008

Neil Lucas / Strangler fig tree (Ficus sp) in Danham Valley, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Uldam, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia., August 2002

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Serkasi, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Nick Garbutt / Stump-tailed Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia superciliaris) in rainforest leaf-litter, eyes pointing in different directions. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

Alan Watson / Bamboo (Dendrocalamus sp) near buttress tree, in lowland tropical rainforest, Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani Province, Thailand

Mark Bowler / Aerial view of Lago Preto, Amazon Rainforest and lake, Peru

Mark Bowler / Tropical rainforest habitat near the Yavari river, Peru

Mark Bowler / Tropical rainforest habitat near the Yavari river, Peru

Mark Bowler / Aerial view of Yavari River and Amazon Rainforest, Peru

Mark Bowler / Aerial view of rainforest clearance for agriculture, small-scale deforestation slash and burn, Amazon rainforest, Peru

Tim Laman / Aerial view of waterfall and rain forest near Punta Dolores, south coast region of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. January 2008

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male calling on calling perch near his display court, Huon Peninsula, YUS Conservation Area, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Near-threatened

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male perched, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male perched with fruit on calling perch near his display court, Huon Peninsula, YUS Conservation Area, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Near-thr...

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male erecting his cape in display on calling perch near his display court, Huon Peninsula, YUS Conservation Area, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea...

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male displaying to female at lek, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Male King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) on his display vine in the rainforest canopy, in the vicinity of the Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male perched, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male displaying to female at lek display site, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Aerial view of the south coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, January 2008

Andy Rouse / Parc National des Volcans / Volcanoes NP, Virunga Mountains, Rwanda, Africa, habitat of the Mountain gorillas

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) blackback male in rainforest, in front of Sabinyo volcano, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda (non-ex)

Juergen Freund / Itbog Twin Falls, 60ft high, Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Stream and canyon in Isalo National Park, South Madagascar

Inaki Relanzon / Landscape in Marojejy National Park, North east Madagascar.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tropical rainstorm in tropical rainforest, Danum Valley Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia 2007

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of lowland rainforest and Kinabatangan River coloured with mineral deposits, Sabah, Malaysia . 2007

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of palm oil plantation on deforested land, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia 2007

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of lowland rainforest and Kinabatangan River coloured with mineral deposits, Sabah, Malaysia . 2007

Tim Laman / Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) perched in tree, Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Mist over the canopy of Atlantic rainforest, Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.