It’s not surprising that Tambopata, Peru holds the world record for the highest number of butterfly species. This extraordinary region is one of the world’s most biologically diverse. More than 4,000 different types of butterflies make their home here! These...
For nearly two decades, gold miners have illegally ravaged the Amazon rainforest in Peru’s Tambopata region. The miners move swiftly through the pristine jungle, turning it into treeless, toxic wasteland that could take 500 years to recover. Sadly, there’s no...
One of the most remote and least disturbed area in the entire Amazon rainforest basin lies in the region of Madre de Dios in southeastern Peru. It is here that the Yine people live in voluntary isolation, avoiding human contact. The Yine are most likely descendants of...
There Is A Maggot That Breathes Out Of Its Bottom And Feeds On Humans. The human botfly (a small hairy fly about the size of a bumble bee) likes to attach its eggs to the underside of a mosquito. When the mosquito finds a human to feed on, the warmth of the person’s...
Back in 2011, a good friend of mine invited me to join her on a four-day trek to Machu Picchu, Peru, to celebrate a milestone birthday. Machu Picchu was not even on my radar at the time, but I jumped at the opportunity because I love to travel. I did some research and...
The land in our care is home to many brazil nut trees – trees found predominantly in the Amazon rainforest. The brazil nut tree towers above the other trees and can reach heights of up to 61 meters (200 feet). They can live for 500 years or more. In fact some...
