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Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...

“The Amazon is a magnet,” he says. Passionate about the forest, he sought out any opportunity to work in the region, until he was able to study jaguars. Initially, Brito was only responsible ...