
35 YEARS OF EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY
Saving Brazil's Vanishing Species

Saving Brazil's Vanishing Species was developed by Randall Quirk and presented by Nature House after his journeys in the rainforests of Brazil and his interactions with its beautiful but endangered inhabitants. Click on the PDF (left) to read Saving Brazil's Vanishing Species.
Expedition Gallery - Click on each picture to view it fullscreen.

Jacaré (Spectacled Caiman), hunted at night for its tail meat

Catching Pintado Catfish

The endangered Hyacinth Macaw

Collecting dead coral specimens eaten by Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

Monstrous 370 pound catfish that was sent by airplane to feed the village of Macas after an earthquake

Swimming sloth plucked from a tributary, then released

Tropical Broadbill captured, logged, and released at mist net

This jaguar was shot by Ribereinos (river people) for killing precious livestock

The tail end of rainy season in the flooded forest

This giant otter is almost 6 feet long!

Fruiting cashew - you can see the actual nut at the bottom of the fruit.

A capybara family, the world's largest rodent

The rare Red Uakari Monkey at an Amazonian Eco-Lodge to re-habilitate and re-introduce the species

Giant anteater in the Pantanal

Brazilian Caiman feasting on Curimbatá

Seaplane over "Meeting of the Waters," the black Rio Negro and the muddy Solimões River combine here to form the mighty Amazon River

The endangered Golden Lion Tamarin of Mata Atlantica near Rio de Janeiro

A three-toed sloth found swimming in a jungle tributary

Flying lizard Randall caught in Borneo's Imbak Canyon

The Jabiru Stork feasting on Piraña

The "Bucket" Orchid (Caryanthes), the most highly evolved flower in the world

Tropical Durian fruit - The hotels prohibit this fruit inside hotels due to its pungent aroma

Very rare and very vocal Jungle Crane

Collecting Castasetum Orchids

Durian flowers

Pendant Dendrobium orchid species - The Golden Triangle is the intersection of Burma, Laos & Thailand

Collecting Oncidium Orchids

Fishing for Tambaquí

Platypus baby at the Heliconia Conference

Amazon collecting vessel

First visit photographing flora & fauna of Brasil's Pantanal, 2 hours from Cáceres

Seringas (Rubber Tree)

The extraordinary Rafflesia Flower (the largest and smelliest parasitic flower in the world)

"Catch of the Day," with Unicorn Tang, Blue Parrotfish, Strawberry Grouper, and Palau Lobsters

Red-tailed Catfish