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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

And on the banks of the Amazon in Brazil, a tamarin expert works to save the tiny primates, which are struggling to survive as bulldozers wipe out their forest homes to make way for new development. Meanwhile, at Whipsnade Zoo in the U.K., a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait.

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The Birding Rally Challenge Peru 2012

10,000 Birds

The Ararajubas – Brazil. Besides the birds, the teams were distracted by half a dozen primate species and rare Giant River Otters. “I am covered in bug bites, my legs are killing me and I got sick and threw up from the altitude,” Ryan Terrill, 26, a member of the winning American team, the LSU Tigrisomas, commented.

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