The Wildlife Conservation Society has contributed over 57,000 images of jaguar, puma, giant anteaters, tapirs, bears and hundreds of other species for a massive study on Amazon wildlife.

The study, published in the journal Ecology, consists of more than 120,000 images taken in eight countries, representing the largest photo database to date of the Amazon’s staggering array of wildlife. The images show 289 species taken from 2001-2020 from 143 field sites.

The images will allow conservationists to document the effects of habitat loss, fragmentation and climate change on different species that live in the Amazon.

Jaguar captured in camera trap/ WCS Ecuador

Image credit: WCS Ecuador

The WCS images from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru reveal playful jaguar cubs,...