Paradise Islands

Southeast Asia’s islands are an extraordinary world, and its biological richness is the result of a violent collision between two different worlds.

One force rules over the islands of Southeast Asia more than any other. This is the story of how, in these ancient rainforests, the sun’s energy sustains the greatest assemblage of life on Earth.

From the largest fish on earth to tiny technicolor crabs, the moon wields a mysterious power over the wildlife of the tropical seas and coastlines of the biologically richest islands on earth.