Mark Moffett / Fire Ant (Solenopsis geminata) colony with queen ant, workers and pupae, Florida

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker catching Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), eastern Australia

Mark Moffett / Army Ant (Eciton burchellii) workers carrying section of dismembered prey back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp) nymph blending in with plant stamens, Myanmar

Mark Moffett / African Praying Mantis (Sphodromantis lineola) female, Africa

Mark Moffett / Large Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris) endemic species, extra large bill for cracking large seeds, largest of Darwin's 13 Finches, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) in Alcedo Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) showing underside of feet

Mark Moffett / Amazon Ant (Polyergus sp) group returning to their home nest at the conclusion of a slave raid, grey slave ant carries one of their pupa, near Lake Tahoe, California

Mark Moffett / Crab Spider (Thomisidae) on Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) practices cannibalism

Mark Moffett / Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) close-up detail of the underside of its foot with natural adhesive properties

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) tends pupa, while larvae at right, eats carrot-like growth from host Acacia

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) gathers carrot-like growths from Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia tree for delivery to larva in nest, in return for baby food, ant protects Acacia, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) gathers carrot-like growths from Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia for delivery to larva in nest, in return for baby food Ant protects Acacia, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) group drink nectar from Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia tree and protect the tree from leaf eating enemies ensuring mutual survival, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile) group feed on soft nutritious eliasome at the tip of a fynbos shrub and discard the seeds without burying them, jeopardizing the fynbos community, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together to make a nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together to make a nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group building nest by pulling on leaves and forming chains, Africa

Mark Moffett / Harvester Ant (Messor sp) returning to nest with a seed it has collected to husk and store, near Kerman, Iran

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) pair mating, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Herdsman Ant (Dolichoderus cuspidatus) queen surrounded by guards, marches along as the ants shift the site of their nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) feeding on the oily orange spores of a host fern The ant lives in the fern's stem, where it drags nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern, Borneo.

Mark Moffett / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus schmtzi) on tendril of host Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata), Borneo, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / African Scarab Beetle (Circellium bacchus) rolling dung ball, Addo National Park, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) collecting dew on its upturned body, Namib Desert, Namibia

Mark Moffett / African Scarab Beetle (Circellium bacchus) rolls animal dung into balls which are buried and fed upon by its larvae, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) portrait, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) recycles a dead rat by laying eggs near its body then feeding larvae bits of regurgitated carcass

Mark Moffett / Goat Fly (Phytalmia mouldsi) males clashing antlers while fighting, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Caribbean Tree Frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) parachuting from tree, this frog holds a cup of air beneath it with its arms as if it were a parachute, leaping to the ground each morning, Puerto Rico

Mark Moffett / Peruvian Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia urticans) walking on water after being flooded from its nest, Amazonian ecosystem, Peru

Mark Moffett / Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) foot pads showing scales which enable it to climb vertical surfaces by using an intermolecular force called Van der Walls force, southeast Asia

Mark Moffett / Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) foot pads showing scales which enable it to climb vertical surfaces by using an intermolecular force called Van der Walls force, southeast Asia

Mark Moffett / Slug Caterpillar (Setora fletcheri) shows warning coloration and spines loaded with toxins that erect when the animal is disturbed, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Mark Moffett / Colubrid Snake (Boiga sp) a flying snake, new species, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Mark Moffett / Ecuadorian Brown Velvet Tarantula (Megaphobema velvetosoma) shedding its skin (cuticle), Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Ecuadorian Brown Velvet Tarantula (Megaphobema velvetosoma) shedding its skin (cuticle), Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Peruvian Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia urticans) eating tree frog, Amazon, Peru

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker carries leaf with its jaws full, workers carrying leaves must rely on a special cast of smaller ants riding on the leaves to defend against Phorid fly (Phoridae...

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus) worker cutting Papaya leaf, Honduras

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus) worker cutting Papaya leaf, Guadaloupe

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus) worker cutting papaya leaf, Guadeloupe, Caribbean