Ana García (2-L), researcher at the National Institute of Biodiversity (INABIO), shows preserved insect and arthropod specimens collected in the private Mashi-Tayra reserve to visitors during the presentation of a scientific research project at INABIO facilities in Quito on July 23, 2026. Scientists in Ecuador announced on July 23 that they had genetically identified 8,000 new species of insects in a protected forest in the Ecuadorian Andean Chocó, which has been designated a World Biosphere Reserve. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP via Getty Images)