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Crowned like a king, the spike-headed katydid, Panacanthus cuspidatus, is one of the projected 100,000 insect species in Yasuní. Researchers say the Ecuadorian rainforest is one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Below, the Yasuní rainforest canopy. (Credit: Bejat McCracken)
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN/NYU—A team of scientists has documented that Yasuní National Park, in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters world records for a wide array of plant and animal groups, from amphibians to trees to insects. Continue…
