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Exploring the Area
RARE Team in Action
Wildlife of the Amazon
Station Life
VIDEO
Radford Amazonian Research Expedition (RARE)
The Radford Amazonian Research Expedition (RARE) provides undergraduate students with a unique opportunity to conduct original biological research in a primary Amazonian rainforest ecosystem. Under the supervision of two Radford professors, a group of select students spent three weeks learning and exploring deep in the Peruvian jungle.
RARE: Preparing Peruvian Food
While at the research station in Peru, students in the Radford Amazonian Research Expedition ate food prepared by a professional chef who used local food. Click on the "CC" in the lower right corner to turn on English translations.
Documenting the Radford Amazonian Research Expedition
Take a look at a brief documentary about the Radford Amazonian Research Expedition and hear from the students and professors who were a part of it.
Life at the Las Piedras Biodiversity Station
The Las Piedas Biodiversity Station is the home for students participating in the Radford Amazonian Research Expedition for almost a month each year.
Panchita the pig
Panchita is a collared peccary, a wild pig that lives in the Amazon rainforest of Peru. Like many young animals of the rainforest, she was separated from her family by logging and hunting. Panchita lives with the people at the Las Piedras Biodiversity Station where students on the Radford Amazonian Research Expedition (RARE) met her.