After years of dreaming about it, Un poco del Chocó is now home to a Motus Wildlife Tracking System receiving station. This new tower fills an important gap in Ecuador's inland forests, where migratory songbirds spend the northern winter and resident birds can now also be tracked. Built through international collaboration, it marks an exciting step toward better understanding bird movements and strengthening conservation across the Americas.

While many people are fascinated by butterflies, only a few pay much attention to moths - and quite unfairly so. There are around 160,000 described species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) worldwide and the majority of them are nocturnal in their adult stage. As many moths are important pollinators of wild and domesticated plants, they also play an important role in a lot of different ecosystems. Monitoring them at sites with varying levels of disturbance can be very he

A new year brings fresh opportunities, new students, and exciting research projects. One area we aim to expand at the station is herpetology—the study of reptiles and amphibians. Two dedicated young researchers, Alex and Lauren, are conducting herpetological surveys within the reserve. Our trail system has been divided into six 600-meter transects, where all encountered frogs, lizards, and snakes are identified and measured. This research helps expand our knowledge of underst

This is a long-overdue update on our activities in the reserve in the past three years

Bird banding training opportunity in Ecuador

In March/April I made the long journey from Ecuador to the Middle East to join IBOC (International Bird Observatory Conference) in...

For about a year now, we are part of a research project in Northwest Ecuador which studies the interaction network between hummingbirds...

It's been a while since we've seen one of our ground-cuckoos in the reserve. I think the last time that we actually had a sighting was...

For our last banding session this year, Nelson W. from Hong Kong joined our team for about three weeks. Although the early start of the...