View of preserved insect specimens collected in the private Mashi-Tayra reserve during the presentation of a scientific research project at the National Institute of Biodiversity (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)