Jungle Spirits

“From exquisite orchids, exotic bees and industrious ants to fascinating animals such as chameleons, ocelots, bonobos and bats, the book reveals the complex interactions.” - Outdoor Photography“A visually stunning book that will have wildlife lovers enchanted and mesmerised, it’s well worth adding to your collection.” - Amateur Photography“Christian Ziegler has a very particular eye, and whether he’s shooting ants eating a millipede or a group of bats that look as though they could happily eat us, he always chooses the odd and disturbing image over the obvious. Daisy Dent’s accompanying text is full of good stuff. Did you know that bats have nipples in their armpits? Or that beetles fight their enemies by shooting gas out of their anuses?” - Marcus Berkmann, Mail Online“Twenty years of wandering in the tropical forests of the world to study the charismatic inhabitants and try to protect them.” [Translated from Italian via Google Translate] - Corriere della Sera

Christian Ziegler is an award-winning, Panama-based photojournalist specialising in natural history and science-related topics. His work has been published in GEO and National Geographic, among others. A tropical ecologist by training, Ziegler was a Communication Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama for many years, and he currently works at the Max-Planck Institute for Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany, as a photographer for international projects.

Daisy Dent is an ecologist who has worked in tropical forests for over 15 years. She works in Panama, Brazil, and Malaysia, where she conducted her Ph.D. research. Dent is a lecturer at the University of Stirling, U.K., a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Germany, and a Research Associate at STRI, Panama.