Some 60 percent of all the world’s species live in jungles. In this best-selling book and celebration of biodiversity, award-winning wildlife photographer
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Christian Ziegler and biologist Daisy Dent create a monument to jungle life—from Panama to Congo, Madagascar to Australia. With some 180 color photographs and expert texts, they show us some of the most fascinating specimens of jungle flora and fauna: tiny driver ants, nimble ocelots, bonobos, cassowaries, chameleons, colorful orchids, and carnivorous plants. A visually stunning journey through the rain forest, and an urgent reminder of how much our world depends on the preservation of tropical ecosystems.
Big open air exhibition at the horizonte umweltfotofestival, Zingst, Germany (May 5th, 2021–April 4th 2022)
