This giant is easy to pick up, because it needs to emerge. This feature also allows to count it and plan a sustainable fishery.
Tag: biodiversity
Forest delicatessen
Amazonian biodiversity indicates that many species still unknown could be used in the food and gastronomy, but this potential is being lost by the continued process of forest destruction.
287 amphibian and reptile species in Peruvian park sets world record
Surveys of the Manu National Park and its buffer zone turned up 155 amphibian and 132 reptile species, 16 more than the 271 species documented in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park in 2010.
Young manatee is rescued within the Amazon
Last year, at least 13 animals had to be rescued in the rivers of the State of Amazonas.
Belo Monte threat largest turtle nesting site in South America
Construction of hydroelectric put the survival of at risk turtles. State must create two protected areas to protect spawning.
New dolphin, from Araguaia River, similar to river dolphin from Amazon basin
The animal, fifth species known of freshwater dolphins around the world, could be threatened.
Spectacular new beetle discovered in French Guiana
A new bi-colored beetle was discovered in the lowland rainforest of French Guiana.
Red toad discovered in the upper reaches of the Amazon
The species, which is a master of camouflage, was named Rhinella yunga because the ecoregion called Yungas, in which inhabits.
High-living frogs hurt by remote oil roads in the Amazon
New research shows that remote oil roads are harming frogs that inhabit the rainforest’s upper canopy.
Real-hawks are followed by satellite in the Amazon
Harpy back to nature with radio transmission equipment help researchers to better understand the habits of the species.