Photograph by Tim Laman, Nat Geo Image Collection

“We know more about the moon than we do the Amazon forest canopy,” said TREE Executive Director Meg Lowman in a recent National Geographic article. The piece, written by travel journalist Stephanie Vermillion, covers how “canopy cranes,” once reserved for treetop research, are enabling people to see the “eighth continent” like an arbornaut. Click the image above to learn more.