The Blue and Gold Macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the Blue-and-yellow Macaw, is a large, brightly colored parrot that is native to Central and South America. They are primarily bright blue on the top of their bodies and bright yellow on the bottom, with a band of blue feathers around their eyes. This one was pictured in the Colombian Amazon rainforest.
These visitors to the Amazon provide scale for this large buttress root system. Trees are usually deep rooted to...
View of taller trees piercing the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest in Colombia. Such trees are called ’emergents’.
Looking very much like a huge indoor plant, this fine specimen was spotted growing from the bank of the...
Allamanda is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the family Apocynaceae, which is native to tropical America....
A tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal that is native to Central and South America, and Southeast Asia. There...
A common in flower in Colombia. If you know the name of this species, please leave a comment.
The Hanging Crab Claw, also known as Heliconia rostrata, is a species of the Heliconia genus of plants, which...
Looking at a tributary that feeds into the Amazon River in Colombia. These waterways offer greater opportunity for viewing...
