Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

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 rain falling into the rainforest understory, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Tropical flat snake (Siphlophis compressus) climbing on a flowering bromeliad (Aechmea) in the Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Forest whiptail lizard (Kentropyx pelviceps) blinking its eye, showing nictitating membrane crossing the eye, 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)

Morley Read / Leaf frog (Agalychnis hulli) blinking its eyes, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf frog (Agalychnis hulli) blinking its eyes, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Map treefrog (Boana geographica) blinking, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Linnaeus' sipo snake (Chironius exoletus) with open mouth, part of threat display, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Lantern fly (Fulgora laternaria) walking along a branch in the rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Clown treefrog (Dendropsophus reticulatus) opening its eyes, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Parrot snake (Leptophis ahaetulla) threat display, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) leaping, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Close-up portrait of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) amongst leaf litter, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Millipede (Diplopoda) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Millipede (Diplopoda) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Guacamayo plump toad (Osornophryne guacamayo) walking, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Mouse opossum (Marmosa sp.) on the branch of a rainforest shrub at night, Pastaza Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial shot tracking over a 1800m high tepui, Nangartiza Valley, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Reventador Volcano erupting at dawn, Ecuador, 2017. The mountain has been in a constant state of eruption since 2002. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a male Orchid bee (Euglossini) gathering nectar from an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower, Imbabura Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial shot tracking over a cattle farm cut out of the Amazon rainforest, the farm has fish ponds for raising Tilapia and is surrounded by primary rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2017. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial shot ascending over rainforest canopy at dawn, with the Rio Napo in background, a tributary of the Amazon, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2017. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a queen termite (Isoptera) in chamber, with workers gathering liquid containing pheromones exuded from the queen's rear end, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Queen Termite (Isoptera) tended by workers in nest chamber, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb-weaver (Micrathena sp.) weaving a silk nest to protect its eggs, the nest is suspended from a thread to isolate it from predators, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. Filmed at...

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) jumping from a Calathea plant, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Leafcutter ants (Atta) carrying pieces of leaves back to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) walking, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) turning around, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) leaping, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Close-up of Agua rica leaf frog (Phyllomedusa ecuatoriana) eggs after 18 days development, the tadpoles are fully developed and ready to hatch, Ecuador. Endangered. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Close-up of Agua rica leaf frog (Phyllomedusa ecuatoriana) eggs after 11 days development, showing beating heart and blood flowing over gills, Ecuador. Endangered. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial tracking shot of a waterfall flowing over an old andesitic lava flow, Rio Pita Valley north of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuadorian Andes, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Timelapse of the summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5,897m) after a heavy snowfall, showing vapour emanating from fumaroles, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Panning time-lapse along the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes, from the snowcapped peak of Antisana Volcano to Sincholagua Volcano, seen from the slopes of Cotopaxi Volcano, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5,897m) after a heavy snowfall, showing vapour emanating from fumaroles, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial shot of a group of wild ponies (Equus caballus) in paramo landscape at the base of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuadorian Andes, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Gentian flowers (Gentiana cerastoides) moving in the wind, near Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Rio Faisanes stubfoot toad (Atelopus coynei), Carchi Province, Ecuador, 2017. Critically endangered. (non-ex)

Lucas Bustamante / Labiated rainfrog (Pristimantis labiosus) feeding on spider prey, Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) eating a catfish. Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga). Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Golden-Tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Lesser Clownfrogs (Dendropsophus parviceps) with their eggs. Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Lichen Katydid (Markia hystrix) camouflage in lichens. Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Amazonian millipede with parasites. Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Treehopper (Alchisme onorei) with eggs Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Green-crowned woodnymph (Thalaurania fannyi) Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Choco Toucan (Ramphastos brevis) on a tree with epiphytes, Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) Yanacocha, Pichincha, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Jaguar (Panthera onca) standing in mud, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Aerial view of cut tree trunks in deforested Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. 25 tree species, many of them threatened, are involved.

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus) camouflaged in branches while nesting. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) drinking water inside an Amazonian claylick. Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

John Shaw / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) in flight, about to land. Ecuador, May.

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)

Morley Read / Aerial timelapse rising over misty cloudforest covering the slopes of Sumaco Volcano, with a water filled crater lake in foreground, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf frog (Agalychnis hulli) blinking its eyes and turning around, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Aerial shot rising over a tepui above the Nangartiza Valley, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, March 2018. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Developing embryo of the Ecuadorian monkey frog (Phyllomedusa ecuatoriana), showing heart beating and blood flowing, Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador, (non-ex)

Morley Read / Close-up of an Amazon leaf frog (Cruziohyla Craspedopus) tadpole developing in egg, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Timelapse of climbers making their way up to the summit of Cotopaxi Volcano (5897m) after a heavy snowfall, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, December 2018. (non-ex)

Konrad Wothe / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in flight, North-Ecuador, Ecuador.

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Moriche palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa) at Laguna Grande in an area of flooded forest, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador, July, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazo...

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from a fisherman coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in front of a tourist boat, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) two breaching at the same time together, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Prov...

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) camouflaged on tree with a young juvenile opposite it, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris), Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest, Pichincha, Ecuador, July

Daniel Brockner/ BIA / Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus), Mindo, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) hovering in flight, North-Ecuador.

Sandesh Kadur / Wide angle shot of a pair of Blue footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) displaying, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Sandesh Kadur / Pair of Waved albatrosses (Phoebastria irrorata) displaying, tapping beaks, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Paul Bertner / Scorpion, seen under UV light, Bilsa Biological Reserve, Ecuador

Chien Lee / Minden / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata), El Coca, Ecuador

Chien Lee / Minden / Stick Insect (Monticomorpha flavolimbata) pair mating in mountains, Bengoh Range, Ecuador

David Fleetham / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) framed by a school of Black Striped Salema (Xenocys jessiae). Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Equador.

David Fleetham / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) emerging from ocean into Mangroves (Rhizophoraceae). Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

David Fleetham / Schooling Brown striped snapper (Xenocys jessiae) and Yellowtail sawtail (Prionurus laticlavius), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

David Fleetham / Close up of underside of Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumungi), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.