奥拓梅奥（Alto Mayo）位于秘鲁北部，坐落在亚马孙雨林和安第斯山脉间。这里，多种生态系统像马赛克一般挤在一起，是南美洲生物多样性最丰富的地区之一。然而，城市和农业扩张给当地环境带来了威胁。 也许大家默认，靠近人类的地方生物多样性不会太丰富，所以 ...

Discovering one new animal species is exciting, so imagine how thrilled researchers were to recently discover 27 new species.

A 38-day expedition in the remote Alto Mayo region, where development threatens wild habitats, turned up one previously unknown animal after another. By Annie Roth In the summer of 2022 ...

Conservation International's expedition in Peru's Alto Mayo Landscape unearthed dozens of species new to science Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru. They ...

The biological scavenger hunt transpired in Alto Mayo — a protected area with multiple ecosystems and indigenous territories — between June and July 2022, Reuters reported. The team included ...

In June and July 2022, researchers led by the nonprofit Conservation International made a 38-day expedition to the Alto Mayo region of Peru and uncovered 27 new species. The previously unknown ...

By the end of their 38-day expedition through the Alto Mayo landscape, they’d uncovered 27 species new to science, including four mammals, among them an extremely rare amphibious mouse with ...

It was carried out over a 38-day expedition in 2022 by a team working in the Alto Mayo landscape of northwestern Peru, which covers about 1.9 million acres of forest and agricultural areas and ...

Scientists also encountered a new species of dwarf squirrel, salamander and short-tailed fruit bat during their expedition to the remote forest of Alto Mayo, according to the findings published by ...

The new species were found in Alto Mayo, a protected area with several ecosystems, Indigenous territories and villages. "Discovering so many new species of mammals and vertebrates is really ...

The expedition, conducted over 38 days in 2022 in the Alto Mayo region, documented more than 2,000 species of wildlife and plants. The team of 13 scientists, local technicians, and members of ...