These visitors to the Amazon provide scale for this large buttress root system. Trees are usually deep rooted to extract more nutrients, but buttress roots support are shallowly rooted trees. They are common in rain forests because most of the nutrients are inside the trees and plants of the forest leaving the soil nutrient poor.
Looking from the middle of the Amazon River to one of the banks. Besides being one of the longest...
Zooming in on a Woolly Monkey spotted in the Colombian Amazon. Also known as woolly spider monkeys, they are...
Pictured is a traditional thatched home. Usually beehive shaped, this type of home is becoming rarer as bigger homes...
View of the plumage on the back of a Scarlet Macaw. Photo taken in the Amazon rainforest inside Colombia...
An emergent is a tree that rises above the forest canopy in order to get more light. The Amazon...
Puerto Nariño is the second biggest town in the Amazonas department of Colombia. It is a lot smaller than...
Black vultures are scavengers and feed primarily on carrion, but they will also occasionally eat live prey. These birds...
A small clearing in the Amazon rainforest with a home in view. This location is on the banks of...
