Beautiful, but unknown nymph

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10 Jan 2010


This is an insect nymph I spotted in Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar. I have no idea what it is. The photo doesn’t do it justice: the colors were incredible.

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Damming the Xingu

As the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Brazilian Amazon marks 10 years of operation, it faces a contentious environmental license renewal. At the heart of the debate are urgent calls to revise the dam’s discharge into the Xingu River. But by holding back up to 70% of the river flow, water scarcity is pushing […]

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