
Bolivia’s Birds
BOLIVIA’S BIG DAY FOR BIRDERS By Shalynn Pack The Big Day – it’s the World Cup of birding, the day in which birders around the
BOLIVIA’S BIG DAY FOR BIRDERS By Shalynn Pack The Big Day – it’s the World Cup of birding, the day in which birders around the
By Shalynn Pack By trade, I am a wildlife conservation scientist – I study species of birds, mammals, and amphibians to understand how we can
THE STRANGE SENSE OF HUMOR OF AYAHUASCA Even if you’ve tried Ayahuasca before, you never exactly know where she will take you. Every time it’s
SEARCHING FOR JAGUARS By Shalynn Pack, Conservation Scientist The largest and most powerful cat in the Americas. Black panther. Panthera onca. Jaguar. The name “jaguar”
WILD COCOA FRUIT A Story of Wild Cocoa in the Bolivian Amazon Miguel Palomeque is perched on a large, dry, fallen tree trunk on his
CURIOSITIES OF THE AMAZON Did you Know? The Bolivian hero in War of the Acre was a Tacana Indian named Bruno Racua. Using
THE UNTOLD STORY OF RIBERALTA AND THE AMAZONIAN IDENTITY According to the standard written history of Riberalta, Amazonian Bolivia began after the arrival of rubber
AYAHUASCA ARTIST: DAVID ESQUIBEL David was born in Pucallpa in the central Amazon in Peru. His parents were farmers, working on a slash and burn
Bolivian Amazon Territory While many may believe Bolivia to be an Andean Nation, in reality, Bolivia is the country with the greatest part of its
RIVER DOLPHIN IN BOLIVIA River dolphins of Asia and South America are one of the most endangered species in the world. Their principle threats are
RIBERALTA, BOLIVIA: AMAZON ATTRACTIONS With a warm and humid climate, Riberalta, Bolivia offers a wide variety of tourist attractions and breathtaking natural landscapes. Some of Riberalta’s
GIANT RIVER OTTER OF THE AMAZON The Giant River Otter in Bolivia Pteronura brasiliensis, also known as the giant otter, is already extinct in Uruguay