Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves over the rainforest floor to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Army ants (Eciton rapax) on the rainforest floor, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Paul Williams / Kinabalu Giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) feeding on Kinabalu Giant earthworm (Pheretima darnleiensis), Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.

Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta) carrying cut pieces of leaves along the forest floor towards therr nest, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Eric Baccega / Chimpanzee male (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sleeping on the forest floor with feet up, Kibale National Park, Uganda. January.

Nayan Khanolkar / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in forest clearing. Camera trap image. Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. January 2018.

Jeff Foott / Maple (Acer sp) leaves and needles in autumn, Acadia National Park, Maine

Jack Dykinga / Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees that are covered with moss, Hoh Temperate Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. June 2017.

Konrad Wothe / Giant snail (Megalobulimus) in a lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Alex Hyde / Cup fungi (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying log, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) foraging amongst heather as first light hits forest floor, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Scuirus vulgaris) feeding sitting pine cone covered forest floor, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK