Gallery: What We Learned on a Trek Into the Wild Amazon Jungle

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    The team climbs into an observation hut, hoping to see harpy eagles in their nest and animals at a nearby claylick.
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    The team walks through a location before setting up a camera trap and measures various lines of sight. They're hoping to capture the movements of some of the rainforest's larger animals, like tapirs and jaguars.
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    Tree frogs mating on a leaf.
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    Entomologist Lary Reeves observes a baby fer-de-lance pit viper caught on the trail.
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    Entomologist Phil Torres emerges from the brush, specimen in hand.
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    Entomologists Lary Reeves and Phil Torres observe a moth.
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    A scorpion in the rainforest glows blue under UV light.
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    One of many evening boat rides to Fish Pond Island, where the mysterious silky web-towers were found.
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    Geena Hill, Phil Torres, and Lary Reeves observe the mysterious silky towers with a microscope borrowed from the macaw research team at TRC.
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    Early mornings and late nights in the field mean that you learn to nap when you can, as Geena Hill demonstrates in a hammock at TRC.
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    The bus ride through the Peruvian jungle, back to civilization.
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    The flight home, looking into the sunset.
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