Lucy Dablin, queen of camera traps in Tambopata gives us her best tips for camera trapping in the jungle -Lucy has experimented with a camera grid system and double pairing of cameras to catch spots on individual animals like jaguars, ocelots and more, as well as animals with distinctive scars and markings. Set the sensitivity [...]
Read moreThe Fauna Forever intern program receives many applications for students interested in completing a research project with us in the rainforest. One of our applicants this year was Kate. Kate came to Fauna Forever for 2 months and completed a research project on dung beetles in the Tambopata. In this interview she explains what [...]
Read moreThe Fauna Forever intern program receives many applications for students interested in completing a research project with us in the rainforest. One of our applicants this year was Ruben. Ruben came to Fauna Forever for 2 months and completed a research project on caiman in the Tambopata area. In this interview he explains what he [...]
Read moreThe rainforest thrives on cutthroat competition. The valued human ethos of cooperation, empathy, and harmony have little place in the relationships that occur in the wild. The biodiversity here relies on the combative relationship with other species as it does the enormous abundance of biomass available. The most colorful and deadly species have arisen due [...]
Read moreEvery morning I wake up at 6 am if not before then by my own tummy. My body has set time to my new environment. The Tambopata area is breathtaking. Frankly the only reason I would leave is to bring my family and pets here to settle. It is the most magical place I have [...]
Read moreThe heat and humidity is pretty stifling getting off the plane but it feels right. How it should be. It’s the bloody jungle after all. Bags collected, I pressed through the gang of touting mototaxistas (motor taxi drivers: three or two wheeled) and the waiting tour guides holding up the signs for their lodges. After [...]
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