Guianan

A surprise awaited scientists most prominently in the activities of the beautifully colored Guianan Cock of the Rock which lives in the mountains of South America.

Animals Gone Wild: Homosexuality In Animals! 2008

A surprise awaited scientists most prominently in the activities of the beautifully colored Guianan Cock of the Rock which lives in the mountains of South America.

Archive 2008-10-01 2008

The Guianan mangroves are considered some of the most extensive and structurally complex mangrove ecosystems in South America, covering over 14,000 square kilometers (km2) and reaching heights of 35-40 meters (m).

Suriname 2009

The Guianan mangroves, another structurally complex mangrove ecosystem, pass along the country's southeastern coastline.

Venezuela 2009

The Guianan moist forests are one of the largest continuous tracts of relatively pristine lowland tropical rainforest in the world.

Suriname 2009

All of the Guianan mangroves are found on a highly dynamic coast resulting in their instability due to strong coastal currents that carry heavy sediment loads from the Amazon River along the coast.

Guianan mangroves 2008

The highest number in Venezuela (80 species) was totaled in the mangroves of the Orinoco Delta of the Guianan mangroves ecoregion, while only 26 species have been recorded in the xeric mangroves of Laguna de Cocinetas.

Coastal Venezuelan mangroves 2008

Other rare mammals include the Guianan squirrel (Sciurus aestuans), and Paca (Agouti paca).

Araucaria moist forests 2008

Location and General Description The mangroves of this Guianan mangrove ecoregion lie along the north coast of South America running through southeastern Venezuela, Guyana, Surname and French Guiana between the Oyapok and Orinoco River Deltas.

Guianan mangroves 2008

In Guianan mangroves, ecosystems are significantly depleted but large stands are still found between Pomeroon and Waini Rivers where population density is lower.

Guianan mangroves 2008