Heliconia pendula

Heliconia pendula

I found many heliconia species in the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center, and some right outside my cabin. Resembles Heliconia rostrata, but…


ARCC heliconia 04

ARCC heliconia 04

I found many heliconia species in the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center, and some right outside my cabin. Please help me identify it –…


ARCC heliconia 04

ARCC heliconia 04

I found many heliconia species in the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center, and some right outside my cabin. Please help me identify it -…


ARCC heliconia 03

ARCC heliconia 03

I found many heliconia species in the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center, and some right outside my cabin. This one looks like Heliconia…


Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) I visited this oxbow lake where a tiny family of giant otters have managed to…


Heliconia hirsuta

Heliconia hirsuta

I found many heliconia species in the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center, and some right outside my cabin.


Heliconia hirsuta

Heliconia hirsuta

I found many helicoinia species in the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center, and some right outside my cabin. -12.0465,-69.6785……


Heliconia rostrata

Heliconia rostrata

I found many heliconia species in the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center, and some right outside my cabin.


Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

For a long time I've wanted to see these giants up close, and Pantanal is perhaps the best place to see them. This is the first group I encountered, as they…


Tayra (Eira barbara)

Tayra (Eira barbara)

Not a common sight, and my first! The guide has lived at Pousada Xaraés for 8 years, and this was hist first sighting too! This one was not so happy about our…