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The team captured two Furipterus horrens — a type of “thumbless bat” — marking the first time the species has ever been recorded in the Ecuadorian Andes or found outside the Amazon rainforest, ...

For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...

Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...

For members of the Sani Warmi collective in Amazonian Ecuador, the day begins before sunrise. They tend to the chacra — their ...

By Fabio Zuker Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Peru last November and inaugurated the Chancay Port, a megaproject rising ...

A subscription to Amazon Prime Video unlocks so much content, including movies and TV shows — original and library titles. While some shows require an add-on subscription, there are many shows ...

On 30 January 2025, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court dismissed an extraordinary action for protection brought by the “Guerreras por la Amazonia” (Warriors for the Amazon). This group of activists, ...

There is a myth in Ecuador that if somebody is bitten by the peanut bug ... and therefor a must add to our list of weird animals in the Amazon! They have diamond-shaped heads, ridged carapaces, and ...

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