Photoblog-rainforest News

Best of 2012 – Borneo frog

Tree frog in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…

Colombian cowboys on the move

Cowboys in Colombia herd cattle across a river in the Choco-Darien forests. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2010. To see other photos from the Choco-Darien forests of Colombia: Choco Darien.

Loggers’ church

A Christian church in a logging camp in Guyana. Photo by: Jeremy Hance, 2008. To see other photos from Guyana: 2008 Trip to Guyana.

Is this a forest?

Is this oil palm plantation a forest? According to the UN definition of forest it could be. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. However, a new resolution from the Association…

Alaska’s Tongass forest threatened

Outlying islands in Southeast Alaska. Photo by: Tyler Poelstra. A quiet war is going on in Southeast Alaska. A bill in congress is promising to deliver 80,000 acres of prime…

Big birds spreading seeds far and wide

A white-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) female captured in Ecuador. Photo by: Kimberly Holbrook. New research shows that the toucans of South America and the hornbills of Asia and Africa are…

Barefoot in the rainforest

A guide trekking barefoot in the rainforests of Gabon. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. To see more photos from Gabon: 2006 Trip to Gabon.

Architects of the forest: the great hornbill

Asia's great hornbill Buceros bicornis. Photo by: Shumpei Kitamura. Hornbills are big and beautiful birds, but they are also key species in Asia's fragmented rainforests. As long distance seed-dispersers, hornbills…

Photo: The World’s Smallest Monkey

The pygmy marmoset is the world's smallest monkey. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler, March 2010 in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia, near the border with Peru. The Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella…

The Anaconda

The stuff of myths, legends, and nightmare: the anaconda, according to Paul Rosolie, is even misunderstood by Amazonian tribes. Rosolie, who refers to the world's largest snakes as 'sweethearts' in…

The Importance of Seed Dispersers

Agoutis, such as this Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) mother with babies, deserve a lot of respect. These large rainforest rodents are seed specialists and play a major role in…

Blueberry poison arrow frog

Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) in Bocas de Toro, Panama. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2007. This is just one of many color forms for Dendrobates pumilio. More commonly,…

Jungle cave

Entrance to St. Herman's Cave in Belize. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2008.

Honduran rainforest

Pico Bonito in Honduras. Photo by Rhett A. Butler (May 2008) Parque Nacional Pico Bonito is the largest protected area in Honduras after the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. Spanning over…

Eye-gouging tree frog

Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica The Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi) is named for the fighting behavior of males among some populations. The male Gladiator tree…