Brazilian wildlife: Good morning... I am the maned wolf...

October 31, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Good morning... I am the maned wolf... Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), Parque Nacional da Serra...
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Brazilian wildlife: Juvenile sapo cururu, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, São Paulo State

October 28, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Juvenile sapo cururu (Rhinella ictericus), a large toad species from the Atlantic rainforest, Parque...
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Life in Brazil: Bethanie Walder and Piet Huijser with fruit drinks, Piracicaba, São Paulo

October 28, 2014 - Life in Brazil: Bethanie Walder and Piet Huijser with fruit drinks (orange mixed with passion fruit) at Restaurante Carr...
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Brazilian wildlife: Unusually large creatures that live in the rainforest

October 27, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Unusually large creatures that live in the rainforest. Life on earth is incredibly diverse. We spen...
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Road ecology blog: End of the road ecology course, ESALQ, University of São Paulo, Brazil

October 23, 2014 - While there are still a few assignments pending, Tuesday was the last full day of the 4 week long intensive road ecology...
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Road ecology blog: article in Revista O Empreiteiro (The Contractor Magazine)

October 23, 2014 - On 11 September 2014 I gave a talk about road ecology for DERSA in São Paulo, Brazil. DERSA is the state agency for road...
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Brazilian wildlife: Calango or Amazon lava lizard, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

October 23, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Calango or Amazon lava lizard (Tropidurus torquatus), Monte Alegre, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil....
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Brazilian birds: Tail feathers of the planalto hermit, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

October 22, 2014 - Tail feathers of the planalto hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), a hummingbird species, Monte Alegre, Piracicaba, São Paulo,...
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Audio slide show about mitigation measures along highways

October 22, 2014 - This just came out. An audio slide show in Orion Magazine about mitigation measures for wildlife along highways: http...
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Life in Brazil: Making music and having pastéis and a beer

October 19, 2014 - Life in Brazil: Making music and having pastéis and a beer at a local place, Monte Alegre, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil...
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Road ecology blog: Lesson 345. Be the maned wolf !

October 18, 2014 - Road ecology blog: Lesson 345 from Marcel Huijser, the nutty road ecology professor: In order to properly place a wildl...
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Researchers at work: looking for tracks of maned wolf, Itirapina, São Paulo, Brazil

October 17, 2014 - Image below: Researchers at work: Bruna Oliveira, Maisa Ziviani Alves, Larissa Oliveira Gonçalves and Bethanie Walder lo...
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Road ecology blog: Black-pencilled marmosets use canopy crossing, São Paulo State, Brazil

October 17, 2014 - Road ecology blog: Black-pencilled marmoset and young (Callithrix penicillata) use canopy crossing, ESALQ campus, Piraci...
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Brazilian wildlife: Black-pencilled marmoset, ESALQ campus, Piracicaba, São Paulo State

October 17, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Black-pencilled marmoset (Callithrix penicillata) (also called black-tufted-ear marmoset), ESALQ cam...
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Brazil: Hiking in style, Serra Fina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

October 14, 2014 - Text by Bethanie Walder Brazil: Hiking in style, Serra Fina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In mid-September, we escaped the 99...
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Brazilian birds: Flock of white-faced ibis, Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo State

October 14, 2014 - Brazilian birds: Flock of white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi), Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo State. Click her...
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Brazilian birds: Rosy-billed pochard, Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

October 13, 2014 - Brazilian birds: Rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca), Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Click here fo...
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Brazilian birds: Rufous-sided crake, Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo State

October 12, 2014 - Brazilian birds: Rufous-sided crake (Laterallus melanophaius), Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil Click...
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Brazilian birds: Black vulture, Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo State

October 12, 2014 - Brazilian birds: Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Click here for mor...
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Brazilian landscapes: Forested ridges, Serra Fina, Minas Gerais

October 11, 2014 - Brazilian landscapes: Forested ridges, Serra Fina (a section of Serra da Mantiqueira), near Passa Quatro, Minas Gerais....
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Brazilian landscapes: Silhouetted Ridges at sunset, Serra Fina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

October 10, 2014 - Brazilian landscapes: Silhouetted Ridges at sunset, Serra Fina (a section of Serra da Mantiqueira), near Passa Quatro, M...
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Brazilian landscapes: Sunset at Serra Fina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

October 09, 2014 - Sunset at Serra Fina, a section of Serra da Mantiqueira, near Passa Quatro, Minas Gerais, Brazil Click here for more im...
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Brazilian wildlife: Coypu, Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo State

October 07, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Coypu (Myocastor coypus), Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil Click here for more ima...
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Brazilian wildlife: Black-crowned night heron, Tanquã wetland, São Paulo State

October 06, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil...
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Brazilian wildlife: Jabiru, Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

October 05, 2014 - Brazilian wildlife: Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), Tanquã wetland, Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Photographing from a b...
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Birdwatching in Brazil: Tanquã wetland Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

October 05, 2014 - Birdwatching in Brazil: Bird watching in Tanquã wetland with Alex Augusto de Abreu Bovo (left), Evanildo (the boatman, c...
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Road ecology blog: Researchers inspecting a jararaca roadkill, Brotas, Brazil

October 03, 2014 - Road ecology blog: Researchers collecting data (GPS coordinates, tissue sample) of a jararaca (Bothrops jararaca) roadki...
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Road ecology blog: Jararaca roadkill along SP-225 motorway, Brotas, Brazil

October 03, 2014 - Road ecology blog: Jararaca (Bothrops jararaca) roadkill along SP-225 motorway, Brotas, Brazil. Click here for other im...
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