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Christian Ziegler

The moths are large for flying insects, weighing up to 3.5 grams, and were fixed with tiny radio tags weighing 0.2 grams—less than 15 percent of adults’ body weight.

In their study, the researchers focused on the death’s-head hawkmoth—a large, nocturnal migrant that travels well over 2,000 miles between Europe and Africa every year.

In a Central American rainforest, a bevy of red-eyed tree frogs engage in mating—with as many as four males trying to attach to one egg-laying female. This picture appeared in a November 2006 story about tree frogs.

In Cerro Punta, Panama, a hummingbird pollinates an orchid. This photo appeared in a September 2009 story about the biology and evolution of orchids.

The diminutive Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, the smallest primate in the world.

Two male panther chameleons show off bold, orange colouring, which communicates aggression.

The panther chameleon, native to Madagascar, can transform into a rainbow of colours.

A fringe-lipped bat chows down on a túngara frog on Panama's Barro Colorado Island.

A linsang (Poiana richardsonii) emerges into the night to hunt on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island. These cat-like carnivores usually weigh less than two pounds.

An Emin’s giant pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) is pictured on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. These rodents have an exceptional sense of smell, making them surprisingly good at sniffing out TNT in abandoned landmines.