Mark Moffett / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) meets a Tarantula, Taboga Island, Panama Tarantulas eat frogs but avoid Poison Dart Frogs, yet on Taboga, such encounters are common and Tarantul...

Mark Moffett / Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates sp) portrait, Isla Cristobal, Panama

Mark Moffett / Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) portrait, Colon Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Fodder Cane (Saccharum spontaneum), invasive species occupies cleared land, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Erosion patterns in deforested areas, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Sobralia sp) flowering in meadow only three days a year, Volcano Baru National Park, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia ignea) flower with its fly pollinator, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Ticoglossum oerstedii) flowering at the base of oak trees in rainforest, La Amistad International Park, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Stanhopea wardii) flowers, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia coccinea) flower, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Dracula wallisii) flower, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia excelsior) flowers, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Pleurothallis sp) flower, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Gongora sp) flower, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Pleurothallis sp) leaf growth, Gamboa, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Prosthecheaáprismatocarpa) flowering, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Trigonidium egertonianum) flower, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Dracula venefica) flower, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, Panama

James Christensen / Velvet Worm (Macroperipatus sp), Panama

James Christensen / Desconocido (Razisea spicata) flowering in rainforest, Colon, Panama

James Christensen / Palmer's Treefrog (Hyloscirtus palmeri), partially metamorphized individual, Colon, Panama

James Christensen / Ringed Tree Boa (Corallus annulatus) showing prominent loreal pits for heat sensory, Colon, Panama

Albert Lleal / Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) egg cluster deposited on a plant stem, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi), Pipeline Road, Panama Canal Zone, Soberania National Park, Panama

Christian Ziegler / White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis), Pipeline Road, Panama Canal Zone, Soberania National Park, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi), Pipeline Road, Panama Canal Zone, Soberania National Park, Panama

Mark Moffett / Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) portrait, Rio Gloria, Panama

Mark Moffett / Granular Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) on cup fungus, Panama

Norbert Wu / Tropical butterfly, Panama Rainforest

Norbert Wu / Spider beside its recently molted skin, or cuticle, rainforest, Panama

Norbert Wu / Peters' Tent-making Bat (Uroderma bilobatum) roosts under palm leaf, peels fig before eating, rainforest, Panama

Norbert Wu / Liana growing up tree trunk, rainforest, Panama

Norbert Wu / Sharp-nosed Frog (Ptychadena oxyrhynchus) swimming underwater, inflates body to call loudly for mates, Panama Rainforest

Norbert Wu / Thousands of mushrooms line a fallen, decaying tree trunk, Panama Rainforest

Norbert Wu / Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) female builds hole in tree trunks and tends nest, Panama Rainforest

Mark Moffett / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae), Pipeline Road, Panama

Mark Moffett / Fungus Weevil (Heterosternus oberthuri) pair, Fortuna National Park, Panama

Mark Moffett / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) tadpole grows legs and will soon loose its tail, Taboga Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) male guarding embryos, Tobago Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) male courts the female by following her closely, touching her behind as they go, Taboga Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Scarab Beetle (Phalangogonia sperata) group in human hands, El Yano Carti Road, Panama

Mark Moffett / Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) portrait, Isla Popa, Panama

Mark Moffett / Leaf Beetle (Stolas sp) pair with red mites on their shells, Panama

Mark Moffett / Monstera (Monstera sp) vine growing at base of tree in rainforest, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Dichaea sp) flower in upper canopy, Fort Sherman, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Schomburgkia undulata) flowers, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Fernandezia sp), very rare, flowering in elfin rainforest at 2400 meter elevation, La Amistad International Park, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia regina) flowering near stream attracts carrion fly pollinators with rotting aroma, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia caesia) flowering in the highlands of La Amistad International Park, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Dracula erythrochaete) flowering, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia caloptera) flowers, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia regina) flower, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Lepanthes sp) flower, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Lepanthes sp) flower, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Epidendrum schlechterianum) flower, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Lockhartia amoena) flowers, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia livingstoneana) flowering high in the canopy of moist lowland rainforest, San Lorenzo National Park, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia livingstoneana) flowering high in the canopy of moist lowland rainforest, San Lorenzo National Park, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Night Scented Orchid (Epidendrum nocturnum) flower in upper canopy, Fort Sherman, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Crucifix Orchid (Epidendrum radicans) flowering atop old lava flow, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Hump Coral (Porites sp) with Feather Duster Worm (Sabellidae) filter feeding, Panama

James Christensen / Dappled Anole (Norops poecilopus) young male, Panama

Mark Moffett / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) male seeks suitable pool for tadpoles while researcher Dr Summers observes parental behavior, Taboga Island, Panama

James Christensen / Fungus growing on fallen tree, central Panama