this is one of the iconic animals of costa row icarica. >> how extensive is the damage? we are going to find out. >> we're going to walk every trail, stream, or swamp we come across to see what's out there. >> i'm phil torres. i'm an entimologist. >> ready? >> yes. >> i'll share it with a biologist. that's our team. now let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to techknow. you guys know, i've spent a lot of in the jungles. i do my research in the tropics and usually i'm looking at spiders and butterflies. but this time i went down to costa rica to look at something different. we know there are a lot of scientific issues out there protecting our rain forest is one of them certainly but maybe it's not quite high enough on the list. because we're realizing now that rain forests are doing incredible services for us in society. >> and they're doing them for free. completely for free. we don't usually think about ecosystems like rain forests providing fundamental services. >> it takes so much to keep new york running, so many systems, the rain forest is so much more compl

this is one of the iconic animals of costa row icarica.