Look, Don't Touch. The Spiny, Bright & Venomous Caterpillars of Peru
When you think of a caterpillar, your mind usually turns to an image of a plump little grub-like insect with stubby legs, happily munching away on a leaf. But caterpillars in the jungle don't mess...
View Article67 Questions About The Amazon Jungle - Amazon Wildlife Photography Book
67 Questions About The Amazon Jungle - Amazon Wildlife Photography BookI just published a wildlife photography book about the Amazon rainforest. Just about every picture in the book was taken at the...
View ArticleButterfly Wings & the Rise of Color
Butterflies and moths belong to the order Lepidoptera and all members have scales covering their bodies and wings (in Latin, lepis means scale and ptera means wing). With over 180,000 described...
View ArticleMystery of the Yellow Bulbs: Discovery of a New Caterpillar-Ant-Parasitic...
“Huh, that’s weird”, I muttered as I trudged through the mud in the rainforest. Even though the sun was setting, it was still hot and steamy, and sweat was dripping into my eyes as I stared at a tree...
View ArticleTop Jungle Critter Encounters in 2015 - Tamboapta, Peru
I've been fortunate this past year to log so much time in the Amazon rainforest. It can be a tough environment for extended trips; it's hot, you're in a perpetual state of sogginess from the humidity...
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