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Last update: 2017-07-27
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 Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)
(Colombia)
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 Highest reaches of the Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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 View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley
(Peru)
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 A wild orchid in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 Baby marine iguanas
(Ecuador)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia sp. (Heliconiaceae)
(Colombia)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Beach at Cerro Brujo
(Ecuador)
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 Cactus on Rabida Island
(Ecuador)
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 Upper Amazon forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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 Baby marine iguanas
(Ecuador)
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 The mountain views near Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Amazon rainforest and Andean glaciers and peaks
(Peru)
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 Nest of Tetragonisca angustula stingless bees, family Apidae, tribe Meliponini
(Colombia)
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 A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Otún river
(Colombia)
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 A radiant blue and yellow spider in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 White a dark red-stripped butterfly
(Colombia)
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 Waterfall and montane forest of La Pastora in Parque UcumarÃÂÂÂ
(Colombia)
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 A bromeliad in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Cliffs at Witch Hill
(Ecuador)
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 Upper Amazon cloud forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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 Bromeliads in Costa Rica's cloud forest
(Costa Rica)
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 Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 A radiant blue and yellow spider in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Epiphytes in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Gal‡pagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus)
(Ecuador)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Collapsed lava tuby
(Ecuador)
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 Tank bromeliad in a Colombian montane forest
(Colombia)
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 Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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 The Pinguicula casabitoana,complete with tiny prey,is the only carnivorous plant native to the Dominican Republic and is specifically endemic to this one particular ridge of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0452]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0452.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0452]
(Peru)
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 Red bromeliads (Racinaea) in Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 A wasp in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Frigatebird in flight
(Ecuador)
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 Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Fish market in Puerto Ayora
(Ecuador)
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 Tree-planting project in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Frigatebird in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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 Colombian cloud forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Amazon cloud forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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 Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0451]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0451.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0451]
(Peru)
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 Black and red beetle
(Colombia)
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 Cloud forest in Peru
(Peru)
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 Rainforest creek in Manu
(Peru)
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 A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Red bromeliads
(Peru)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0054]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0054.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0054]
(Peru)
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 Transparent-winged butterfly with orange, black, and white markings
(Colombia)
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 A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0446]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0446.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0446]
(Peru)
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 Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes
(Peru)
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 Gal‡pagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)
(Ecuador)
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 A tree fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A wild orchid in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 View of the Amazon rainforest through the Kosnipata Valley
(Peru)
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 Gal‡pagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus)
(Ecuador)
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 Epiphyte roots in Santuario Otún Quimbaya montane forest
(Colombia)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0048]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0048.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0048]
(Peru)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Frigatebird in flight
(Ecuador)
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 Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia. This
(Colombia)
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 Red and black butterfly
(Colombia)
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 Upper Amazon forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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 A tree fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9705]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9705.jpg) Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9705]
(Colombia)
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 Hanging vines in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 A bright blue beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Fishing spider in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Orchids growing up the trunk of a tree in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 Montane forest in the Andes
(Peru)
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 Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Arfak cloud forest
(Indonesia)
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 Cecropia tree in a cloud forest near Manu National Park
(Peru)
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 Green bromeliads in Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 A tree fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Waterfall near Manu
(Peru)
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 Diver with a ray
(Ecuador)
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 Fish
(Ecuador)
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 Umbrella leaf
(Colombia)
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 Fish market in Puerto Ayora
(Ecuador)
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 Yellow-legged wasp
(Colombia)
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 Bromeliad
(Peru)
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![Arfak cloud forest [west-papua_0759]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0759.jpg) Arfak cloud forest [west-papua_0759]
(Indonesia)
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 Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Upper Amazon cloud forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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![Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0307]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0307.jpg) Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0307]
(Peru)
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 Galapagos shark
(Ecuador)
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 A bromeliad in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Tree-line of the Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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 Upper Amazon forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Pink bromeliads in Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Black and orange butterfly
(Colombia)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Amazon cloud forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0429]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0429.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0429]
(Peru)
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 Marine iguana on a white sand beach
(Ecuador)
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 Tree line in the Amazon basin
(Peru)
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 Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Kosnipata Valley
(Peru)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Creek in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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![Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0679]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0679.jpg) Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0679]
(Indonesia)
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 Amazon treeline
(Peru)
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 Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach
(Colombia)
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 Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes
(Peru)
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 Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Cloud forest in Peru
(Peru)
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 Bromeliad in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 Heron
(Ecuador)
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 Hammerhead sharks
(Ecuador)
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![Cloud forest near Manu National Park [manu_0087]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0087.jpg) Cloud forest near Manu National Park [manu_0087]
(Peru)
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 White fungi on a rainforest tree trunk
(Colombia)
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 A tree in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 The shallow root structure of a canopy tree
(Colombia)
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 Cloud forest near Manu
(Peru)
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 Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Kosnipata Valley
(Peru)
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 Red bromeliads
(Peru)
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 A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0392]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0392.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0392]
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0449]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0449.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0449]
(Peru)
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![Otún river [co03-9732]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9732.jpg) Otún river [co03-9732]
(Colombia)
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 Cloud forest of Chicaque
(Colombia)
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 Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0050]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0050.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0050]
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0393]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0393.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0393]
(Peru)
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![Amazon treeline [wayquecha-andes_0484]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0484.jpg) Amazon treeline [wayquecha-andes_0484]
(Peru)
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 Highest reaches of the Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Forest fragment near Santuario Otún Quimbaya / Parque Ucumarà/ Refugio La Pastora
(Colombia)
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 Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest near Manu [wayquecha-andes_0178]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0178.jpg) Cloud forest near Manu [wayquecha-andes_0178]
(Peru)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Canopy tree laden with hundreds of epiphytes
(Colombia)
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![Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0680]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0680.jpg) Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0680]
(Indonesia)
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 Canopy trees with white leaves
(Colombia)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia
(Colombia)
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 Palm leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 A flower in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin
(Peru)
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 Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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 Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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 Forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Umbrella leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia sp. (Heliconiaceae) in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Marine iguana
(Ecuador)
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![Otún river [co03-9664]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9664.jpg) Otún river [co03-9664]
(Colombia)
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 Caladium species
(Colombia)
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 Cloud forest near Manu National Park
(Peru)
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 Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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 Highland forest in the Amazon
(Peru)
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 Cloud forest in Peru
(Peru)
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 Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings
(Colombia)
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 Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Wild ginger in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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 Flowers in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Green bromeliads in Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Cloud forest in Peru
(Peru)
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 Amazon cloud forest
(Peru)
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 The mountain views near Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Cloud forest in New Guinea
(Indonesia)
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 Mangroves
(Ecuador)
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![Umbrella leaf [co03-9717]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9717.jpg) Umbrella leaf [co03-9717]
(Colombia)
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 Isla Sombrero Chino
(Ecuador)
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 Purple and yellow flowers (Polygalaceae)
(Colombia)
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 Fuschia-colored flowers in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Land iguana
(Ecuador)
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 Upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest in the Andes
(Peru)
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 White moth
(Colombia)
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 Leaf of a rainforest shrub
(Colombia)
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 Upper Amazon cloud forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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 Cloud forest in Colombia
(Colombia)
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![Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes [wayquecha-andes_0669]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0669.jpg) Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes [wayquecha-andes_0669]
(Peru)
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![Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0291]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0291.jpg) Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0291]
(Peru)
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![Red and yellow Heliconia [co03-9583]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9583.jpg) Red and yellow Heliconia [co03-9583]
(Colombia)
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 A caterpillar in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Vine growing up a moss-covered tree trunk
(Colombia)
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 Kosnipata Valley cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Santuario Otún Quimbaya forest
(Colombia)
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 Creek leading to a waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 A yellow beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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 Golden Rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri)
(Ecuador)
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 Big leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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 Arfak forest at 7,000 feet
(Indonesia)
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 Rainforest creek in Manu
(Peru)
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 Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass
(Colombia)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Crane Fly, family Tipulidae in the Colombian rainforest (resembles a 'Daddy longlegs')
(Colombia)
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 Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 A bromeliad in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Rugged submontane forest in the Andean foothills of the Amazon
(Peru)
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 View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley
(Peru)
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![River exiting Manu [manu_0187]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0187.jpg) River exiting Manu [manu_0187]
(Peru)
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 Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 A veiw of the forest and river in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Bromeliads and other epiphytes in a canopy tree
(Colombia)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0399]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0399.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0399]
(Peru)
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 A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Upper Amazon forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0095]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0095.jpg) Upper Amazon forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0095]
(Peru)
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 Cloud forest
(Peru)
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 Road to Wayqecha and Manu seen from an airplane
(Peru)
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 Bromeliad
(Ecuador)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0387]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0387.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0387]
(Peru)
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![Amazon rainforest and Andean glaciers and peaks [peru_aerial_0037]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0037.jpg) Amazon rainforest and Andean glaciers and peaks [peru_aerial_0037]
(Peru)
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 Epiphytes on a rainforest tree
(Colombia)
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 A rainbow over the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0653]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0653.jpg) Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0653]
(Indonesia)
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 Cloud forest in Peru
(Peru)
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 Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0049]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0049.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0049]
(Peru)
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 Highest reaches of the Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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 Ray
(Ecuador)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0042]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0042.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0042]
(Peru)
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 Amazon rain forest meeting the Andes
(Peru)
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![Pink bromeliads in Manu cloud forest [manu_0152]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0152.jpg) Pink bromeliads in Manu cloud forest [manu_0152]
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in the Amazon basin [peru_aerial_1682]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_1682.jpg) Cloud forest in the Amazon basin [peru_aerial_1682]
(Peru)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Forest fragment near Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0047]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0047.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0047]
(Peru)
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 Fast-flowing Otun river
(Colombia)
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 Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Forest wasp
(Colombia)
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 Young sea lion
(Ecuador)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0363]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0363.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0363]
(Peru)
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 Sea lions underwater
(Ecuador)
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 A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Red and orange insect on a rainforest leaf
(Colombia)
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 Cloud forest canopy
(Peru)
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 Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Pink bromeliads in Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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 High mountain forest near the tree-line in the Amazon Basin
(Peru)
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 Pinnacle rock of BartolomŽ
(Ecuador)
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 Forest trail inSantuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Nazca booby with chick
(Ecuador)
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![Cloud forest near Manu National Park [manu_0081]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0081.jpg) Cloud forest near Manu National Park [manu_0081]
(Peru)
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 Sally Lightfoot Crab
(Ecuador)
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 Waterfall near Manu
(Peru)
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 Amazon treeline
(Peru)
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 A rainbow over the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0053]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0053.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0053]
(Peru)
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![Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9548]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9548.jpg) Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9548]
(Colombia)
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 Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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![Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9541]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9541.jpg) Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9541]
(Colombia)
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![Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9745]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9745.jpg) Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9745]
(Colombia)
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![Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0258]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0258.jpg) Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0258]
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0447]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0447.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0447]
(Peru)
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 Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes
(Peru)
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 Cloud forest near Manu
(Peru)
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 Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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![Highest reaches of the Amazon rainforest [peru_aerial_0062]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0062.jpg) Highest reaches of the Amazon rainforest [peru_aerial_0062]
(Peru)
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 A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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 Hummingbird
(Ecuador)
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 Bromeliads in the Costa Rican cloud forest
(Costa Rica)
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 Amazon cloud forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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 A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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![Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin [wayquecha-andes_0471]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0471.jpg) Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin [wayquecha-andes_0471]
(Peru)
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 Sunset in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0039]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0039.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0039]
(Peru)
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![Fuschia-colored flowers [co03-9693]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9693.jpg) Fuschia-colored flowers [co03-9693]
(Colombia)
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![View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley [manu_0180]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0180.jpg) View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley [manu_0180]
(Peru)
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 Upper Amazon forest and the Andes
(Peru)
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![Road to Wayqecha and Manu seen from an airplane [peru_aerial_0067]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0067.jpg) Road to Wayqecha and Manu seen from an airplane [peru_aerial_0067]
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0414]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0414.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0414]
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0396]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0396.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0396]
(Peru)
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 Cloud forest near Manu
(Peru)
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 Jungle stream in Manu
(Peru)
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 Montane and submontane forest where the Andes meets the Amazon
(Peru)
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 Pink flower common in the montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0390]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0390.jpg) Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0390]
(Peru)
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 Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin
(Peru)
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![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0452]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0452.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0451]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0451.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0054]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0054.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0446]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0446.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0048]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0048.jpg)
![Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9705]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9705.jpg)
![Arfak cloud forest [west-papua_0759]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/indonesia/west-papua_0759.jpg)
![Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0307]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0307.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0429]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0429.jpg)
![Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0679]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/indonesia/west-papua_0679.jpg)
![Cloud forest near Manu National Park [manu_0087]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/manu_0087.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0392]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0392.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0449]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0449.jpg)
![Otún river [co03-9732]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9732.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0050]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0050.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0393]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0393.jpg)
![Amazon treeline [wayquecha-andes_0484]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0484.jpg)
![Cloud forest near Manu [wayquecha-andes_0178]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0178.jpg)
![Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0680]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/indonesia/west-papua_0680.jpg)
![Otún river [co03-9664]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9664.jpg)
![Umbrella leaf [co03-9717]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9717.jpg)
![Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes [wayquecha-andes_0669]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0669.jpg)
![Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0291]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0291.jpg)
![Red and yellow Heliconia [co03-9583]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9583.jpg)
![River exiting Manu [manu_0187]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/manu_0187.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0399]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0399.jpg)
![Upper Amazon forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0095]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0095.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0387]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0387.jpg)
![Amazon rainforest and Andean glaciers and peaks [peru_aerial_0037]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0037.jpg)
![Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0653]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/indonesia/west-papua_0653.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0049]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0049.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0042]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0042.jpg)
![Pink bromeliads in Manu cloud forest [manu_0152]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/manu_0152.jpg)
![Cloud forest in the Amazon basin [peru_aerial_1682]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_1682.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0047]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0047.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0363]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0363.jpg)
![Cloud forest near Manu National Park [manu_0081]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/manu_0081.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0053]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0053.jpg)
![Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9548]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9548.jpg)
![Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9541]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9541.jpg)
![Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9745]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9745.jpg)
![Manu cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0258]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0258.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0447]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0447.jpg)
![Highest reaches of the Amazon rainforest [peru_aerial_0062]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0062.jpg)
![Where the Amazon ends and the Andes begin [wayquecha-andes_0471]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0471.jpg)
![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0039]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0039.jpg)
![Fuschia-colored flowers [co03-9693]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9693.jpg)
![View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley [manu_0180]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/manu_0180.jpg)
![Road to Wayqecha and Manu seen from an airplane [peru_aerial_0067]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/peru_aerial_0067.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0414]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0414.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0396]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0396.jpg)
![Cloud forest in Peru [wayquecha-andes_0390]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/peru/wayquecha-andes_0390.jpg)
