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‘So enigmatic’: injured sloth inspires rescue centre in Venezuela

‘So enigmatic’: injured sloth inspires rescue centre in Venezuela

July 18, 2021July 11, 2021 Supertrooper 2 Comments

It is almost a year to the day that Haydée and Juan Carlos Rodríguez first spotted an injured sloth lying by the side of the road while they were out on a drive. In an attempt to cross from one tree to another in the Venezuelan town of San Antonio de Los Altos, near Caracas, […]

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Extreme birdwatching: Twitching in war zones

Extreme birdwatching: Twitching in war zones

April 4, 2015December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

Paul Rendell didn’t think he was in trouble. High up in the mountains, in a remote, lushly-forested corner of the Philippines, the pensioner from Dorset had envisaged a peaceful day amid spectacular scenery. Then the bullets started whistling around him. “We all dived to the ground,” Mr Rendell said. “Our guide Carlitos was shot immediately […]

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Perijá Tapaculo: New Bird Species Discovered in Colombia, Venezuela

Perijá Tapaculo: New Bird Species Discovered in Colombia, Venezuela

March 29, 2015January 26, 2022 Supertrooper 1 Comment

An international group of ornithologists led by Dr Jorge Enrique Avendaño of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá has described a new species of tapaculo from humid montane and elfin forests (1,600–3,225 m elevation) of Colombia and Venezuela. The tapaculos are a group of passeriform birds in the family Rhinocryptidae. Most species are found […]

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