by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 6, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
After several weeks in Colombia, visiting exporters in Bogota, checking out aquarium fish habitat in Villavicencio, and exploring the country’s link to the Amazon in Leticia, it was time to move on to the next phase of my travels. Peru, a country well known for...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Over the course of four days in the Colombian border town of Leticia, I had spent time collecting in the blackwater creeks feeding into the Amazon (part I), and scoured the area searching for aquarium fish collectors and traders (part II). For an impromptu and...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 22, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
During my travels in Sri Lanka last autumn, I was fortunate enough to spend two days in the incomparably beautiful Sinharaja Forest Reserve in the Southwestern corner of the island. This protected tract of rainforest is so rich in biodiversity that it has been...