The Salar de Uyuni is told to have the most beautiful views in South America. This large salt flat (the largest in the world) definitely left a very vivid impression[…]
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Category: South America
Our fabulous bestiary of the llanos
Colombia is undoubtedly one of the jewels of this planet: one of the 17 megadiverse countries of the world, home to almost 10% of the Earth’s known species. Among the[…]
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Tunari National Park: wild life on top of the world
In 2014, I embarked on a PhD project to study the biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by the Polylepis woodlands of the Tunari National Park in Bolivia. The Park,[…]
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Conserving the rare Red-Fronted Macaw: a road trip through the Andes of Bolivia
In 2011, I took part in an expedition to record the presence of the Red-Fronted Macaws (Ara rubrogenys) in the Andean dry valleys of Bolivia for my master thesis. I[…]
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Mini birds, maxi close-ups: a few hours at the Hummingbird Observatory
Hummingbirds are among the most amazing birds in the world: they shine with a thousand iridescent colors, have a long, thin bill to suck the nectar from flowers (just like[…]
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Nose-to-muzzle with a Spectacled Bear in Chingaza National Park
Where and how to see an Andean Bear in Colombia Chingaza National Park is located in the Eastern Andes of Colombia in the Orinoco region, only a few hours’ drive[…]
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