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A Crocodile Tale | Dea Birkett

Amongst these dinosaurian beasts, horses were keeping cool in the hazy, humid heat, by standing knee deep in the shallow water. They warned off the crocodiles with no more than an irritated flick of their tail

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Ghosts of Way Kambas | Greg Breining

Way Kambas is a sprawling expanse of steamy lowland forest, mangrove swamps, coastline and winding tidal rivers. A gem in the Indonesian park system, it harbours an extraordinary collection of charismatic wildlife

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In the Beginning... Kakadu and Arnhemland | Stanley Stewart | Australia, Northern Territories, Kakadu National Park

In these parts hats are not mere hats: they are biographies. Paul’s hat had been chewed by a crocodile. Brian’s hat had once carried a newborn baby; you could still see the stains

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Jungle Fever | Mark Eveleigh

Spend a little ‘quality time’ in that Garden of Eden and it soon becomes apparent that every living thing has decided to dedicate its life mission to your torment

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Nevis | James Henderson | St Kitts & Nevis, Nevis, Nevis

The revelation came only slowly, dazed as I was, prostrate under a palm tree, sheltering from the full strength of the sun. Gradually it gathered its full portent, the horror and responsibility, while the sunlight spangled

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On the Volcano | Eamonn Gearon

A two-day hike through mud and dense tropical forest to the highest point in Rwanda and back again, all being well

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Tambopata Rainforest | James Wallman | Peru, other areas of Peru, Puetro Maldonaldo

Spread before us was green forest canopy to every horizon – a view that hasn’t changed for millennia

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The Rarest Rhino | Greg Breining | Indonesia, Java, Ujung Kulon National Park

The smell of methane and rot rises from the slick muck and brackish water as though we are paddling straight into the green shadow of the Carboniferous

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Venezuelan Gold | Barnaby Rogerson

My brother drops of a bag of coffee and a bag of sugar whenever he passes, and stays to hear the jungle gossip, about who is digging where, who has split up with who, and who has found gold or diamonds

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