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Candelariella magellanicaย andย Sclerococcum nothofagi: two new species discovered on Navarino Island
The yellow powder that Puerto Williams residents have always seen on the trunks of lenga beech (Nothofagus pumilio) had never received a scientific name: Candelariella magellanica. In JanuaryโFebruary 2005, and again in January 2008, an international team of...
Chile recognises the Selk’nam as a living indigenous people
In 2023, Chile officially incorporated the Selk'nam people into Indigenous Law 19.253, nearly a century after the waves of mass violence that swept across Tierra del Fuego. Behind this legal reform lies a long process of memory work, advocacy, and cultural...
Cercophana frauenfeldiiย Felder, 1862 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): Taxonomy, Ecology and Presence in the Far South of Chile
Once is not always the norm aboard the sailing vessel Milagro โ and following Callisphyris leptopus Philippi: in mid-April 2026, with Ben, Milena, Gabriel, Damien and Lauriane, as we were leaving one of the arms of Bahรญa Tres Brazos, a bay located...
Peatlands of Tierra del Fuego: peat mosses and liverworts, the silent architects of the austral bogs
In the peatlands of Tierra del Fuego and the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, two groups of non-vascular plants quietly rule over landscapes that might seem hostile to any form of dense life: peat mosses (Sphagnum) and liverworts. Tiny to the naked eye, these bryophytes...
Callisphyris leptopusย Philippi, a visitor during the southern storms
At first glance, this insect might look like a slender wasp lost far from its nest. Yet, this specimen observed aboard theย Milagroย on April 9, 2026, north-east of Hoste Islandโwhile the ship was anchored in a forest-lined area battered by bad weatherโbelongs to an...
Coicopihue or Copihue?ย Philesia magellanicaย vsย Lapageria rosea: learning to tell them apart in the Chilean forest
The copihue (Lapageria rosea) and the coicopihue (Philesia magellanica) are two closely related species, both belonging to the Philesiaceae family and native to the temperate and subantarctic forests of Chile. They resemble each other...
The Rayadito โย Aphrastura spinicauda: an emblematic passerine of Patagonian forests and Cape Horn
The genus Aphrastura (family Furnariidae) groups together small insectivorous passerines endemic to the southwestern part of South America. It historically comprises two species: the thornโtailed rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda, synallaxis...
Lichens and bryophytes of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve
In southern Patagonia, within the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, lichens and bryophytes turn trunks, rocks, and peat bogs into true โminiature forestsโ that can only be discovered by leaning in with a hand lens. This cryptogamic diversity reaches an exceptional level on...
A Yagan story: the hummingbird (Omora orย Sรกmakรฉar)
Today we share with you a Yagan story dedicated to the hummingbird, told by รrsula Calderรณn and Cristina Calderรณn in 2001 in Mejillones Bay (Navarino Island, Chile). It was published on pages 170 and 171 of the bookย Guia Multi-Etnica de Aves de los bosques...
The dialogue between a Machi and ecologists opens new routes to integrate Mapuche knowledge in nature conservation
The study proposes a collaboration model between ancestral Mapuche knowledge and ecological science, demonstrating that nature conservation requires listening to, respecting, and working alongside indigenous communities. Temuco, October 23, 2025. (diariomapuche.cl) โ...