James Stewart
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4,486 appearances
22 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 3d ago
James Stewart’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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What does the future look like?
So far, we've only really covered the ancient hidden human elements in this gargantuan rainforest.
But what about what else might live there?
The Amazon's biodiversity is so rich, it feels almost endless.
One in 10 known species on earth lives here.
But how many more species are out there that no one's cataloged yet?
I wish I could give you a nice round number to go off and continue your day with, but the answer is actually way more exciting.
Well, at least to me anyway.
Even the best estimate suggests that only 20% of Earth's species have been documented by Western science, with potentially millions more unknown and unnamed.
Even in the last few years, new species are being uncovered every single day.
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew reported that 172 new plant and fungus species were described globally in 2024 alone, many of them in tropical regions.
The same applies to animals too.
A WWF survey found 441 new species within the Amazon rainforest over the span of just four years.
That's roughly one new species every three days.
It's staggering.
In 2024 alone, scientists found a blob-headed catfish, a new marsupial in Peru, three new amphibians, and even a new species of anaconda, the northern green anaconda, casually the largest and heaviest snake in the world, all in parts of the Amazon rainforest.
And, not for the first time, science is supercharging this process.
Because we now have ways to sample the jungle without ever having to see the animal.
A cutting edge advancement in environmental DNA called eDNA means all we have to do is simply filter water when looking for genetic animal traces.
A landmark 2016 study found that rivers act like conveyor belts of biodiversity information.
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