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  A Bolivian 'Cloud Forest' Reveals a Bonanza of New Species

  

  wired.com

  An expedition into a steep, remote mountain area unveils discoveries of strange frogs, snakes, and plants—and the return of species thought to be extinct.

  science science / environment

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  Tiny frog species among series of finds in Andean ‘sky islands’

  

  theguardian.com

  ‘Ecological Swat team’ discovers 20 unknown species in Bolivia including viper and butterfly An “ecological Swat...

  ‘Ecological Swat team’ discovers 20 unknown species in Bolivia including viper and butterfly An “ecological Swat team” has discovered 20 previously unknown species in the misty cloud forests and cascading waterfalls that flank Bolivia’s Zongo valley.Among the animals found were a minuscule 10mm-long frog, a pit viper, two metalmark butterflies and an adder’s-mouth orchid. The pristine forests are just 30 miles (48km) from the...

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• Trailing the Pacific Crest from Space

  

  nasa.gov

  The Pacific Crest Trail from Space

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