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By Ayana Harscoet of Bowdoin College In the very south of South America, far from the deserts of northern Africa and central Asia, lives a close relative of the camel: the lesser-known guanaco, or Lama guanicoe. These slender, graceful-looking camelids…
By Seth Price of Binghamton University Formally described by none other than the famous British naturalist Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Fungus (Cyttaria darwinii) is a real-life illustration of the complex ecological forces that can shape a species. In Spanish, the fungi…
Rob McManus of CSBSJU Two of the most prevalent things you can find almost anywhere in Patagonia are spikes and condors. During the moments we were not looking down at the ground trying to avoid the thorny neneo (Mullinum spinosum)…
By Maxwell King of University of Vermont Chucao Tapaculo (Scelorchilus rubecula) Like many species of birds in Chile, the common name of the chucao tapaculo is an onomatopoeic derivation from its song. The surprisingly loud “chu-chu-chu-caao” ringing out through the…
By Carrie Finkelstein of University of Vermont Upon arriving in Patagonia, the first species that I immediately connected with was Chile’s native bumblebee (Bombus dahlbomii). On the drive from Coyhaique to Cochrane, we stopped at a sustainable farmstead to get…