View of Puerto Nariño in the Amazon region of Colombia. Settlements like this have no road access. Instead, access is gained via the Amazon River. The Colombian military patrol this part of the Amazon River because it has been used as a route for smuggling drugs out of Colombia.
Emergents are trees that rises above the forest canopy. This specimen was photographed in the Amazon rainforest of southern...
These visitors to the Amazon provide scale for this large buttress root system. Trees are usually deep rooted to...
Man in the Amazonas region of Colombia with an anaconda wrapped around his arm.
A small clearing in the Amazon rainforest with a home in view. This location is on the banks of...
Pictured is a traditional thatched home. Usually beehive shaped, this type of home is becoming rarer as bigger homes...
A huge butterfly folding its wings upon landing. Photo taken in the Amazon Rainforest in Colombia, South America.
A tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal that is native to Central and South America, and Southeast Asia. There...
View of taller trees piercing the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest in Colombia. Such trees are called ’emergents’.
