The jungles are an extremely pristine example of an ecosystem. There are parts of the amazon that have never been touched by humans. Thousands of new species that never have been seen before. Researcher Nadia Drake for Wired Science recently was privileged with the opportunity to go on a research trip in the Amazon in Peru. These parts of the rain forest have been largely untouched by mining and logging. Even though Peru has strict laws against these forms of desolation to the forest, illegal mining operations can still be devastating. It is important that we do as much research about this incredible environment before it is destroyed. On there journey Drake and the scientists encountered.creatures ranging from a fer-de-france pit viper to rare fragrant flowers. They completed part of there intended mission. They managed to check up on a group of spiders near the lodge as well as begin to solve the mystery of towering silk webs. Overall as much as the scientists have done there is still millions of more things to discover.
Read the details of there journey
here!
Themes of nature science:
1) Science is collaborative: Not only is it an entire group of researchers working on this trip but they also welcomed the scientist from Wired along with them.
2) Role of chance: The rain forest is huge. Sometimes you just need to get lucky and find something cool.
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