Buttress roots close buttress rootsA tree root that ... The spider monkey has long, strong limbs to help it to climb through the rainforest trees. The flying frog has fully webbed hands and ...

At around 30-40m, the emergent layer is made up of one or two of the tallest trees in the rainforest. Down near the ground they have wide buttress roots, providing a stable support for the trees.

Hadrien set up his camera trap by a track in the rainforest surrounding the Guiana Space Center, framing the scene with liana-draped buttress roots to one side. He then spent the next six months ...