How to use a telephoto lens to film macaws.
Jeff Cremer our in-house photographer and photo tour guide, is a master of using a high-zoom telephoto lens to capture some incredible wildlife. Watch below as he explains the secrets to using this...
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What Animal Can 'Say' 14 Different Words?
A juvenile makes 14 distinct sounds, each with a different meaning, just shy of the 22 noises used by gorillas. Think of it like 14 different words used to communicate with a nearby adult. The adult...
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How to measure the distance to an object in a photo?
How to measure the distance to an object in a photo?I recently took this video of a White-bellied parrot eating brazil nuts on top of a tree. Its very difficult to see this sort of thing since the...
View ArticleBike Riding on Amazon Trails
Ever wonder what it's like to ride mountain bikes through the Amazon?Hint: It's almost too much fun.
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6 Incredibly Important Pictures of Baby Macaws
Because the world needs more adorable macaws.6.Red-and-green macaw still working on its colors.5.Egg tooth still visible on this guy.4.Just add a pinch of salt, four carrots, and some water...3.Say...
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The Bridal Veil Mushroom (Phallus indusiatus)
The Bridal Veil Mushroom. Image by Phil TorresThe Bridal Veil Mushroom is odd in so many ways. Here's the countdown:5. The smell.Imagine a dead animal mixed with mushroom and garlic? That's the bridal...
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Three Great Reasons To Visit Tambopata
Just this week we saw a record THREE jaguars on one boat ride on the Tambopata! During a photo tour we saw these awesome jaguars. To not disappoint, the next day a big group of tourists saw two along...
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In One Afternoon, All Of This Wildlife
I've been working in the rainforests of Tambopata for almost a year now and I'm still continually impressed by the quantity of wildlife you can see over the course of several hours. Yesterday a bunch...
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The Answers to the "All in One Afternoon" Wildlife
Congrats to Mary Bremner who guessed all of these animals right on our facebook post, very impressive!1. Rufous Mot Mot2. Orinoco Geese3. Spectacled (White) Caiman4. Capybara5. Spider Monkey6. Amazon...
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In Photos- The White Lipped Peccary
The term 'ecosystem engineer' refers to an animal that significantly creates, modifies, and maintains the habitat it lives in. The beaver is an obvious example of this, as its dams actually create...
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Exclusive Art Gallery Coming to Refugio Amazonas- Oscar Vilca
We at Rainforest Expeditions are pleased to announce the opening of our art gallery at the Refugio Amazonas Lodge. An Amazon Kingfisher, by Oscar Vilca.Oscar Vilca, coming in June to Refugio...
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Scarlet Macaw Genome Sequenced
One of the famous "chicos" stops by the lodge to check out breakfast.This is very good news for the chicos and the hundreds of other wild macaws that we see flying around our lodges.Sequencing the...
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Birding, Without Even Leaving the Lodges
For us that work at Rainforest Expeditions, there are at times days when we're too busy working to get the chance to step out into the marvelous forest around us. But that doesn't mean nature...
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The Incredible Urodid Moth Cocoon
While Destin from Smarter Every Day was visiting us here in Tambopata, we came across one of the most incredible examples of art in nature we've ever seen.Check out his video on the discovery, and look...
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How Many Tapirs Visited This Claylick In 24 Hours?
A recent study on the Tambopata region showed that we are truly in a Tapir paradise, with numbers that have recovered from any hunting or habitat disturbance of the past due to well protected habitat...
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A 'Faena' - Community Teamwork To Rebuild A Roof
How is it possible to maintain such large lodges in the middle of the Amazon? A recent roof renovation at Posada Amazonas Lodge highlighted the incredible process.The "faena," community-organized work...
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Tropical Herping Visits Our Lodges
We recently had the pleasure of hosting Tropical Herping, a team of biologists and photographers from Ecuador, at our lodges. They performed an extensive survey of our forests and took some INCREDIBLE...
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The Great Black Hawk
The Great Black Hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga, is one of the many birds of prey in Tambopata you will very likely see while boating up the river to the lodges.These hawks are known to specialize in...
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Scientists Stumped: What Is This Strange Web Like Structure?
Grad Student Discovers Unexplained Web StructureResembling “The Unicorn in Captivity”At Tambopata Research Center in Peruvian RainforestLIMA, Peru, Sept. 19, 2013– Peru’s visionary leader in...
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What the heck is going on in this picture?
This toad appears to be a fan of star wars... or is it using blinders...? or does it have giant ears...? or what is that sticking out of its mouth!?Look closely and you'll realize that this is a rare,...
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