Author: Lucy Hughes
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The Holy Grail of Birds
Most species in a tropical forest are rare – there aren’t many of any species, but there are lots of species. Therefore finding a particularly elusive and naturally rare bird in a sea of trees is an amazing experience. Lucy tells us of her experience with the ground cuckoo.
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Purple Haze
Plants in the tropics have evolved in many ways to combat being eaten by herbivores. In the Americas, where mega fauna found across Africa and Asia are absent, it’s the invertebrates that exert the most herbivorous pressure on plants. Don’t underestimate their effect, an ant may be degrees smaller than an elephant but their sheer…
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Road Repairs!
It is the start of the dry season here in Cocobolo Nature Reserve which means the team can get back and do some much needed work. The local staff have been holding the fort, so to speak, since last July but now Michael, Kurt and volunteers, Trev and Lucy are on the ground raring to…