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Rainforests

In popular terms, we know them as "jungles" (although, this is a corruption of a Hindi word meaning "waste ground"), more accurately they are tropical rainforests and are the most biodiverse land habitats that exist. They occupy less than 3% of the world’s surface area, but are home to more than 50% of all known animal and plant species.

Drenched by rain, shrouded in mists, uncomfortably humid and home to unfathomable numbers of irritating and unpleasant biting insects etc. rainforests are frustrating but fantastic places to photograph. Heaven according to Nick, not Hell. He has spent more time photographing wildlife in rainforests, than any other habitat. The challenges the environment poses are many, the wildlife often unco-operative, yet the pleasures and rewards are so great that his passion for rainforests grows with every visit.

  • "Elephant" Spider (Poltys sp. - possibly Poltys idea) waiting in ambush in its web at night. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
  • Angle-headed Lizard Gonocephalus borneensis. Danum Borneo
    Bornean Angle-headed Lizard (Gonocephalus borneensis). Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
  • Bornean Horned Frog Megophrys nasuta leaf-litter Danum Valley Borneo
    Bornean Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta) amongst leaf-litter on forest floor. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
  • canopy walkway Danum Borneo
    View across the forest from the canopy walkway. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
  • Colugo Flying Lemur Cynocephalus variegatus feeding Danum Borneo
    Colugo or Flying Lemur (Cynocephalus variegatus) feeding on algae on tree bark. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
  • sunlight rainforest canopy Yasuni  Amazonia Ecuador
    Dawn sunlight streaming through rainforest canopy. Napo River, Yasuni National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador.
  • Flat-headed Cat Felis planiceps hunting Menanggol River Borneo
    Flat-headed Cat (Felis planiceps) hunting frogs in the river margins at night. Menanggol River, Sabah, Borneo.
  • Forest Elephants Loxodonta africana cyclotis Langoue Baie Ivindo Gabon Africa
    Herd of Forest Elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) at Langoue Baie, Ivindo National Park, Gabon, Central Africa.
  • Huntsman Spider Sukau Borneo
    Giant Huntsman Spider (species unkown). Sukau, Sabah, Borneo.
  • Giraffe-necked Weevil Trachelophorus giraffa Dichaetanthera cordifolia Mantadia Madagascar
    Male Giraffe-necked Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) on leaf of favourite host tree (Dichaetanthera cordifolia). Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar.
  • Indri indri leaping canopy Andasibe-Mantadia Madagascar
    Indri (Indri indri) - Endangered - leaping through rainforest canopy. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, east Madagascar.
  • Lance-nosed Chameleon Calumma gallus Mantadia Madagascar
    Male Lance-nosed Chameleon (Calumma gallus). Lowland rainforests, near Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar.