Today the search for species in exotic locations goes on, and while funding and proper organisation means you don't have to be completely obsessive to be a species hunter, there's no denying it still helps. The Government of Panama is putting together a plan to protect a remote forest in the west of the country from proposed exploitation. Before it can act, the government needs to know what rare and endangered species the forest supports. To chart an unmapped and barely explored region like this the government has turned to the world leaders the British Natural History Museum. The museum has launched an expedition led by botanist Alex Monro, a man who knows how challenging expeditions can be.


今天在异域寻找新物种的探险依然继续，有了资金赞助和适当的组织安排，物种猎人不必再孤注一掷。但执着仍有助成功，巴拿马政府正在筹备一项目计划，旨在保护该国西部一座偏远森林免于遭到开发。计划实施前，该国政府需要知道该森林滋养了哪些稀有濒危物种。为了对这片没有地图，又几乎未被开发过的地区进行考察，该国政府向世界泰斗。英国自然历史博物馆寻求帮助，博物馆派出了一个科考队，由植物学家亚历克斯·蒙洛领队，他深知科考的挑战性。