Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)

Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)

A brilliantly colored male of the species often seen at feeding stations in its range in Ecuador. It sounds like this: Elevation: 1034 meters


Lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris)

Lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris)

The many canals feeding water to the rice fields at Fazenda San Fransico hold a diverse flora and fauna, and in a blink of an eye you may see a tapir - in the…


Nodding Marsh Pitcher (Heliamphora nutans)

Nodding Marsh Pitcher (Heliamphora nutans)

This plant is endemic to Roraima and it's leaves are formed as cannisters and hold rainwater. When insects fall into the water they are unable to climb back…


Nodding Marsh Pitcher (Heliamphora nutans)

Nodding Marsh Pitcher (Heliamphora nutans)

This deadly plant has to reproduce and need the help from what it usually hunts - insects! I wouldn't be surprised if many of the pollinators end up in the…