After Decades of War, This Jungle Is Now Open for Exploration - 2
Published 24 Sept 2018, 09:44 BST
Carolina Velez, an entomologist on the expedition, examines a brilliant blue morpho butterfly known as 'Morpho helenor peleides'.
Photograph by Federico Rios, National Geographic
Scientists use traps like these to catch the butterflies for study.
Photograph by Federico Rios, National Geographic
A 'Machaeropterus regulus' or striped manakin (left), and a 'Ceratopipra erythrocephala', also known as golden headed manakin, rest upon a researcher's hand.
Photograph by Federico Rios, National Geographic
Ornithologist Maria Isabel Castaño works at a makeshift bird station in the middle of the forest.
Photograph by Federico Rios, National Geographic
The scientists hope the region can be studied, and ultimately protected, before threats like mining and logging encroach.
Photograph by Federico Rios, National Geographic
