Mark Moffett / Forty meter rainforest canopy research crane used by researchers at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) at Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama

Cyril Ruoso / Tropical rainforest canopy, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Cloud forest contrasting with intense farming on slopes, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Lowland tropical rainforest cleared for cattle farming, Soberania National Park, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots provide space for a large community of invertebrates, Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots provide space for a large community of invertebrates, Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Sun Anemone (Stichodactyla helianthus) on mangrove roots which also provide shelter for young fish, Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots provide space for Sun Anemones (Stichodactyla helianthus) and act as a shelter for small fish, Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots provide space for Sun Anemones (Stichodactyla helianthus), Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots providing shelter for school of small fish, Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots provide space for a large community of invertebrates, Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots providing shelter for school of small fish, Bastimentos Marine National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama