Tiputini Biodiversity Station

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Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS) is a scientific field research center in the Ecuadorian Amazon. It was established in 1995 by Universidad San Francisco de Quito in collaboration with Boston University, and is jointly managed by them as a center of education, research and conservation. A higher diversity of reptiles, amphibians, insects, birds and bats has been found there than anywhere else in South America, and possibly the world.^[1] It is located in the province of Orellana, about 280 km ESE from Quito, the capital city of Ecuador0°38′18″S 76°9′0″W / 0.63833°S 76.15000°W / -0.63833; -76.15000. It is located on the northern bank of the Tiputini River, and although separated from the Yasuní National Park by the river, the station forms part of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve.