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Bosque Seco Lalo Loor328 viewsThe Lalo Loor Dry Forest -- in Spanish, the Bosque Seco Lalo Loor -- is now open! School groups, birdwatchers, scientists, tourists, we have something to offer everyone. Where else can you see howler monkeys just a few minutes after entering the forest?
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Nesting Andean Cock-of-the-Rock591 viewsFemale nesting on a cliffside perch, over a small stream at the El Pahuma reserve
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Cath & Joe & Antisana249 viewsCeiba professors enjoy a welcome break, lying on the soft paramo cushion plants while towering Antisana Volcano pokes her snow-covered head out of the clouds
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Saki Monkey362 viewsSaki photographed from the canopy of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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Misty rainforest canopy422 viewsMist lies thick atop the trees of the Amazon rainforest; much of this moisture is actually exhaled by plants during the night (transpiration).
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Blue-footed Booby feet298 viewsThe world-famous blue feet of the Galapagos. Studies show that birds more successful at foraging have feet with deeper, richer blue, rendering them more attractive to mates.
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Rainforest canopy from below290 viewsPeering up at the canopy is what gives birdwatchers sore necks!
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Giant walking stick295 viewsCeiba staff discovered this enormous walking stick in the upper reaches of the Lalo Loor forest. No doctoring has been done to this picture!
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Blue Gentian flowers283 viewsDelicate flowers in the Gentian family grace the deep green cushion plants of the high Andean paramo.
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Giant aroid leaf315 viewsAroids -- the family that includes Philodendron and Dieffenbachia -- are protected from leaf damage by tiny, painful crystals in their leaf tissue. Eating them is a bit like munching on a salad sprinkled with fiberglass!
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Black-crowned Night-Heron221 viewsAlthough this photo was taken in California (see the pine?), the same species exists throughout the tropics, even in Ecuador
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Amerega bilinguis337 viewsKnown locally as the Ecuadorian National Frog (Rana Nacional) for it's red, blue and yellow colors -- like the country's flag -- this mildly toxic creature is a member of the poison frog family, Dendrobatidae.
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Entry trail275 viewsThe main trail from the EcoCenter and entrance back to the Biological Station, through a nice example of dry tropical forest.
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Dracula orchid369 viewsThis attractive Dracula orchid -- named for the "little dragon" that it's center resembles; otherwise known locally as "monkey face" (cara de mono) -- blooms every year in the El Pahuma botanical garden.
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Blue-and-yellow Macaw308 viewsLucky photograph of a large macaw soaring out of the canopy, taken from the forest floor at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Spiderweb and cloud forest406 viewsA bullhorn spider (Micrathena sp.) is dotted with mist, with early morning cloud forest as its backdrop
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