Pete Oxford / Cloud forest canopy, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Primary rainforest, western slope of Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboys herding cattle and burning the hillsides to keep cattle on the move and rejuvenate the pasture at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Tungurahua Volcano erupting, near Banos, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes) tadpole, Chimborazo Volcano, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Volcanoes, Illiniza Sur, Illiniza Norte, Illinizas Ecological Reserve, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Llama (Lama glama), Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Llama (Lama glama) pair, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Snow-covered peak, Cotopaxi Volcano, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Lichen on rock near volcano, Cotopaxi Volcano, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cotopaxi Volcano, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Car carrying bikes near volcano, Cotopaxi Volcano, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Dried mud flow caused by volcanic eruption, Cotopaxi Volcano, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cloud forest canopy, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth caterpillar mimics bird dropping, Mindo Cloud Forest, Andes, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Noble Snipe (Gallinago nobilis) day old chick, Andes, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Noble Snipe (Gallinago nobilis) day old chick, Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sarcopera (Sarcopera sp) inflorescence with buds and nectar-secreting cups in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Canna (Canna sp) ripe and unripe seed pods in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Valley and mountains in Verdecocha Ecological Reserve, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) flowering in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Looper Moth (Geometridae) caterpillar, Mindo, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Osborne's Lancehead (Bothrops osbornei) juvenile, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Looper Moth (Geometridae) caterpillar crawling, Mindo, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Ecuadorian Toad-headed Pit-viper (Bothrocophias campbelli) held up by photographer's assistant, Shannon Bowley, Mindo, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Owl Butterfly (Caligo sp) caterpillar, Mindo, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Gesneria (Drymonia sp) flowers, Mindo, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Trooping Crumble Cap Fungus (Coprinellus disseminatus) mushrooms on west slope of Andes, Mindo, Ecuador

James Christensen / Bromeliad (Pitcairnia nigra) flowers on west slope of Andes, Mindo, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Saturniid Moth (Saturniidae), Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp) wings with false-eye spot, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp) wings with false-eye spots, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moths at night, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Evening mists in the cloud forest on the western slope of the Andes, Mindo, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca riobambae), Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca riobambae) tadpole hind legs, Andes, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Montane forest on eastern slopes of Andes, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cloud forest in mist, western slopes of Andes, Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cloud forest on western slopes of Andes, Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cloud forest on the eastern slopes of Andes, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cloud forest on eastern slopes of Andes, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cloud forest on the western slopes of Andes, Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Cloud forest on the western slopes of Andes, Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador

James Christensen / Fungus (Fungi) on a dead tree, Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) flower and spider, Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Bromeliad (Pitcairnia sp) red flower, Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Bromeliad (Tillandsia sp) flower, Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Cloud forest, Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Sweat Bee (Trigona sp) colony, Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Antisana Volcano, Antisana Volcano Ecological Reserve, Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Misty ridges on east slope of the Andes, Ecuador

Kevin Schafer / Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus) fox sitting on rocks, Cotopaxi National Park, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cloud forest vegetation in mist, western slope of the Andes Mountains, San Isidro Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cloud forest vegetation in mist, western slope of the Andes Mountains, San Isidro Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cloud forest vegetation, Western Slope of the Andes Mountains, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Primary rainforest, western slope of Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / White-bellied Woodstar (Acestrura mulsant) hummingbird hovering near flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird hovering near flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird hovering near flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) hummingbird feeding on flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male hovering in front of flower, eastern slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird female hovering in front of flower, eastern slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird female hovering in front of flower, eastern slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird female hovering in front of flower, eastern slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird female hovering in front of flower, eastern slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male, and Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) hummingbird feeding on flower, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male hovering at flower, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male feeding at flower, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male hovering at flower, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male feeding at flower, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male pair hovering at flower, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) researcher attaching radio collar in cloud forest and paramo habitat, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) researcher measuring individual in cloud forest and paramo habitat, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) juvenile, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Dobsonfly (Corydalus sp) close-up, larvae are aquatic, the adults live near clean, cold mountain streams, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Dobsonfly (Corydalus sp) close-up of adult in moss, larvae are aquatic, the adults live near clean, cold mountain streams, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca riobambae) still has tail, first day out of water Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Mollusc-eating Snake (Dipsas areas) with snail prey, Guallabamba region, Andes Mountains, northwest Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Mollusc-eating Snake (Dipsas areas) nocturnal, non-venomous, Guallabamba region, Andes Mountains, northwestern Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Two Chagra cowboys riding across open Paramo grassland at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Polylepis (Polylepis incana) forest and stream, the trees are an important source of fuel for local people, El Angel Reserve, Paramo, Andes Mountains, northeastern Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Polylepis (Polylepis incana) forest and stream, the trees are an important source of fuel for local people, El Angel Reserve, Paramo, Andes Mountains, northeastern Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Polylepis (Polylepis incana) forest, showing typical flaky bark, these trees are an important fuel source for local people, El Angel Reserve, Paramo, Andes Mountains, northeastern Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Polylepis (Polylepis incana) forest, an important source for fuel wood for local people, El Angel Reserve, Paramo, Andes Mountains, northeastern Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) herd grazing beneath Mt Chimborazo, an extinct volcano, at 6,310 meters its summit is the furthest point from the center of the earth, Andes Mountains, South America

Pete Oxford / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) standing beneath Mt Chimborazo, an extinct volcano, at 6,310 meters, its summit is the furthest point from the center of the earth, Andes Mountains, South America

Pete Oxford / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) walking beneath Mt Chimborazo, an extinct volcano, at 6,310 meters, its summit is the furthest point from the center of the earth, Andes Mountains, South America

Pete Oxford / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) herd grazing beneath Mt Chimborazo, an extinct volcano, at 6,310 meters its summit is the furthest point from the center of the earth, Andes Mountains, South America