A fisherman transports arapaimas near Lago Serrado, a community on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_18.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Thiago Silva and his team travel by boat to a forest plot to scan it with LIDAR technology. (Photo: National Geographic/Pablo Albarenga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_30.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Thiago Silva in Brazil's flooded forest in the Mamirauá Ecological Reservation. (Photo: National Geographic/Pablo Albarenga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_24.jpg
Sunset in the Mamirauá Ecological Reservation over the Japurá River near the Mamirauá Research Station. (Photo: National Geographic/Pablo Albarenga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_25.jpg
A pink river dolphin swims in the Japurá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (Photo: National Geographic/Pablo Albarenga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_31.jpg
A fisherman transports arapaimas on a lake near Lago Serrado, a community on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_19.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya installs a camera trap high in a tree to study Andean bear behavior. (National Geographic/Pablo Durana)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_33.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Julia Tavares gathers tree samples in Brazil's flooded forest. (Photo: National Geographic/Pablo Albarenga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_32.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Julia Tavares in Brazil's flooded forest in the Mamirauá Ecological Reservation. (Photo: National Geographic/Pablo Albarenga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_26.jpg
National Geographic Explorers Andressa Scabin and João Campos-Silva work with local communities on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_22.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya and her team check camera traps to study Andean bears in the cloud forest. (credit: National Geographic/Pablo Durana)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_36.jpg
Flowers in an Andean cloud forest in Peru. The cloud forest plays a critical role in the Amazon hydrological cycle. (credit: National Geographic/Pablo Durana)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_37.jpg
Portrait of National Geographic Explorer Andressa Scabin on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon.(credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_23.jpg
Clouds roll in over an Andean cloud forest in Peru. The cloud forest plays a critical role in the Amazon hydrological cycle. (credit: National Geographic/Pablo Durana)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_35.jpg
Portrait of National Geographic Explorer João Campos-Silva near the Lago Serrado community on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_21.jpg
Portrait of National Geographic Explorer Angelo Bernadino in a mangrove forest at the Amazon River mouth. (credit: National Geographic/Pablo Albarenga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_09.jpg
Portrait of biologist Hugo Costa on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_20.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya takes a break with her dog, Ukuku. Ukuku's role is to find bear feces so Ruthmery can study their diet. (credit: National Geographic/Pablo Durana)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_34.jpg
Portrait of National Geographic Explorer Baker Perry beneath Nevado Ausangate in the Peruvian Andes. (credit: National Geographic/Justen Bruns)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_47.jpg
National Geographic Explorers Fernando Trujillo and Maria Jimena Valderrama head out on the Amazon River to tag pink river dolphins. (credit: National Geographic/Eric Arthur Fernandez)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_46.jpg
Cecilia Llusco climbs to Nevado Ausangate high camp on a fixed line with local guides and porters. (credit: National Geographic/Justen Bruns)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_50.jpg
João-Pedro Mendes da Silva rows to a turtle nesting beach to start his shift patrolling the beach to protect it from poachers.
(credit: National Geographic/Paulo Velozo)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_45.jpg
São Raimundo, a community on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/Paulo Velozo)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_42.jpg
After laying their eggs, giant South American river turtles leave tracks on a nesting beach. (credit: National Geographic/Paulo Velozo)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_43.jpg
Lightning over Lago Serrado, a community on the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon.
(credit: National Geographic/Paulo Velozo)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_39.jpg
The sun sets over Nevado Ausangate in the Peruvian Andes, the source of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/Justen Bruns)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_04.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya checks the data from a GPS collar that was recovered from an Andean bear. (credit: National Geographic/Pablo Durana)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_38.jpg
A giant South American river turtle has just layed eggs on a beach off the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon. (credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_12.jpg
A giant South American river turtle walks into the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon, after laying eggs. (credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_13.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Fernando Trujillo watches for pink dolphins or Toninas at dawn in Laguna Damas de Nare. (credit: National Geographic/Jorge Panchoaga)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_03.jpg
Two caiman peak their heads out of the water in a lake near the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon.(credit: National Geographic/André Dib)Posted 09/19/24ExpeditionAmazon_17.jpg
