Juergen Freund / Scientist Susan Laurance leads the Daintree Drought Experiment in far north Queensland. The experiment combines the efforts of plant physiologists, ecologists, soil experts, climatologists and hydrolo...

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Periwinkle snails (Littoraria) climbing up Mangrove (Rhizophora) roots at lowtide, Daintree, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Nick Garbutt / Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris), male hunting amongst tree roots at edge of the Cuiaba River. Three Brothers, Porto Jofre, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. August 2017.

Bernard Castelein / Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) showing roots, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium

Murray Cooper / Mangrove (Rhizophora sp) aerial roots, Cayapas Mataje Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Chien Lee / Buttress roots on rainforest tree, Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) adult at night digging for prey among the roots of Retam broom shrub. Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia. Taken with remote camera trap.

Chien Lee / White Lauan (Parashorea malaanonan) buttress roots, Danum Valley Field Center, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Banded sea kraits (Laticauda colubrina) around the roots of mangrove tree, split level. Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.

Gavin Hellier / Buddhist monks relaxing at Ta Phrohm Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010. Model released.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years resting on a tree buttress, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Nove...

George Sanker / Green heron (Butorides virescens) hunting for fish, camouflaged against tree roots, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, March