Big things are happening at the Morpho Institute! Join us for a sneak peek at our new strategic plan, learn about our new initiatives, and meet our new board members! Tuesday, May 21st at 7PM Eastern. Register here: https://morphoinstitute.org/event/morpho-metamorphosis/
Roosevelt said the recent hype regarding the “garden cities” in Ecuador is “annoying”, as it is not a new discovery and it ignores older research from Latin American archaeologists.
Biodiversity credits are still a nascent field, but have been gaining interest recently amid a surge of efforts to scale financing for nature - including species like this yellow-eared parrot from the The Bosque de Niebla cloud forest a biodiversity hotspot in the High Andes of Colombia.
A team of paleontologists found a giant fossilized skull along the shore of the Napo River in the Peruvian Amazon. To their surprise, the relic belonged to a newly described species of giant freshwater dolphin. This colossal creature swam in the rivers of the Amazon around 16 million years ago and is considered the largest-known […]
Concepts like biodiversity loss are challenging to talk about—especially with children. How do you explain something that’s happening slowly and invisibly? But conversations are vital to understanding hidden threats, and photos offer a unique entry point.
Illegal gold mining has ravaged the Peruvian Amazon, leaving behind pollution and denuded landscapes. A group of miners are working with a U.S. charity to restore the forest.
A researcher in Colombia has been investigating the impact that women have had in the Amazon region since the signing of the peace deal with the FARC guerrillas in 2016.
Check out this Data Classroom Ready to Use Activity and connect your students to camera trap data in the Peruvian Amazon being used to examine mammal diversity in an Indigenous conservation area. It's a great way to engage your students in real conservation data and make data analysis meaningful and relevant!
We instituted a plan to maximize the positive impact of air travel to our field sites by striving to protect a highly vulnerable tract of rainforest in Northern Peru. Learn more at https://morphoinstitute.org/climate-action-plan/
Check out our community science biodiversity assessment project for students, educators, naturalists, and researchers visiting the Napo-ACTS Field Station & Canopy Walkway located in the Loreto district of Peru and adjacent to the Maijuna-Kichwa Regional Conservation Area. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/napo-acts-virtual-field-guide-to-amazon-biodiversity
With current data on global biodiversity either lacking or flawed, a global satellite scheme aims to fill the gaps to target protection of our seas, soils and wildlife...
Join our friends and faculty members, Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker (aka The Bug Chicks) for this FREE four-part series about arthropod eyes and explore the structure and function of these amazing animals and the visual adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive.
sMeet the Science Panel for the Amazon! An amazing new initiative that is driven by South American scientists and policy makers dedicated to changing the fate of the Amazon!
Data collected by people recording wildlife on their smartphones could improve biodiversity monitoring and help to prevent global nature loss, according to a new study.
The Morpho Institute actively builds reciprocal and long-lasting partnerships with friends and colleagues in Peru and stands with them in their fight to save their rainforest homes. We are proud to call the Maijuna our friends, colleagues and partners. Together we are moving the dial on rainforest conservation!
Learn about the importance of the Amazon at local and global scales, the threats the region faces, and how sustainable development can help save its extraordinary biodiversity and peoples for current and future generations.
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