Butterflies & the Butterfly Farm at Sacha
Walking into the “flying room” at the Sacha Lodge butterfly farm is like walking into a different world, of peace and tranquility, amid the cacophonous chorus of the surrounding jungle…
Read MoreWalking into the “flying room” at the Sacha Lodge butterfly farm is like walking into a different world, of peace and tranquility, amid the cacophonous chorus of the surrounding jungle…
Read MoreDespués de algunos meses en los que hemos analizado datos, hemos vuelto al bosque para estudiar a los leoncillos de la Reserva Sacha Lodge. Después de nuestra primera semana de trabajo tenemos malas y buenas noticias, y mucho en qué pensar.
Read MoreThe idea of “survival of the fittest” has ties to Darwin’s famous visit to the Galapagos Islands, so it seems natural that indigenous communities in mainland Ecuador…
Read MoreNavigating the rainforest is a tricky task when you consider that for over half of the year many of the main trails are completely flooded. Even when the floodwaters recede during the dry season…
Read MoreThe small city of Coca (formally known as Puerto Francisco de Orellana) is located at the confluence of the mighty Rio Napo and the Coca River, earning it the distinction of being the “gateway to Ecuador’s Amazon…
Read MoreIn the remote depths of the Ecuadorian Amazon, far from the reach of cell signals or busy highways, are the fascinating and friendly Kichwa indigenous communities that have conserved their customs…
Read MoreEsta semana tuvimos más registros del leoncillo solitario de la torre del ceibo. Este leoncillo vive en un árbol de Spondias, conocido en español como ovo. El exudado de los árboles de ovo es uno de los…
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