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.
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 ...
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 ...
The creatures were all found in the Alto Mayo Landscape which spans the Andes mountains to the Amazon River and includes the Alto Mayo Protected Forest. Instead of being one static environment, the ...
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 ...
During an expedition to the Peruvian region of Alto Mayo, scientists working with Awajun indigenous communities discovered new species of plants, animals and insects During an expedition to the ...
Conservation International led the expedition into the Alto Mayo Landscape that discovered these new species. The list includes four mammals, eight fish, three amphibians and 10 butterfly species.