Marty’s photo of the day #4848: This is a tailless whip scorpion, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Tailless Whip Scorpion Close-Up
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What a Great Face!
Marty’s photo of the day #4797: Is that a great face, or what? I photographed this baby yellow-spotted river turtle with a film camera, in 2001, on my first trip to the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. I often wonder which animals I photographed while traveling all seven continents in the early 2000s are still alive. […]
Concern For People I’ve Met
Marty’s photo of the day #4781: I photographed these Yagua boys back in 2001. While I often wonder about the fate of animals I’ve photographed on all seven continents, now more than ever I also wonder about the people—especially those with brown skin. I hope these now-young-men are safe in Peru. Because if they came […]
Amazon Tree Boa at Night
O’Shaughnessy’s Gecko
Marty’s photo of the day #4703: This is an O’Shaughnessy’s gecko, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Beauty in the Amazon Rainforest
Marty’s photo of the day #4693: This is a Calliandra grandiflora, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Up Close With an Amazon Tree Boa
Tiny Weevil
Marty’s photo of the day #4640: This is a weevil, small enough to sit on a fingernail, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Smoky Jungle Frog
Marty’s photo of the day #4630: This is a smoky jungle frog, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Polka-Dot Tree Frog
Marty’s photo of the day #4614: This is a polka-dot tree frog. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Whipsnake
Monkey Frog Close-Up
Marty’s photo of the day #4577: This is a monkey frog, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Oh, baby!
Marty’s photo of the day #4572: This is a baby spectacled caiman, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Velvety Swamp Snake
Marty’s photo of the day #4540: This is a velvety swamp snake, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Juno Longwing Butterfly
Marty’s photo of the day #4460: I don’t often use a tripod for photography, but when I do, it’s a butterfly landing pad. (Juno longwing butterfly, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.)
Platyhelminthe
Marty’s photo of the day #4456: This is a Platyhelminthe, sometimes known as a terrestrial flatworm, an Amazon flatworm, a slime worm, or simply a JD. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Amazon River Floodplains
Yagua Children
Marty’s photo of the day #4786: Yagua children out for a paddle in the flooded Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
The Amazon River
Marty’s photo of the day #4765: This photo should give you a taste of how massive the Amazon River is. And this spot—in Peru—is certainly not the widest spot.
Attack of the Pipe Cleaner Spiders
Marty’s photo of the day #4763: If I was making a cheesy horror movie, I would spend a week in the Amazon Rainforest, looking for scary creatures I could enlarge. This one—that I photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru—would be a great candidate for The Attack of the Pipe Cleaner Spiders!