The new species found where few scientists have gone before

Amazon Discoveries

By Elaine Jung
6 April 2018




Almost perpetually shrouded in clouds, Brazil’s highest mountain Pico da Neblina meaning 'peak of mist', towers 2,995m above the Amazon rainforest.

Stretching into dense jungle, the National Park has been closed to visitors since 2003 as a result of failed tourism and mining activities which infringed on the rights of the indigenous Yanomami people.



In November 2017, a team of leading Brazilian scientists were granted rare access by indigenous authorities and the army to embark on an expedition to the region.

Ground troops and local guides from the Yanomami ethnic group assisted the scientists’ one-month journey to and around the mountain.



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