it's a chameleon, which is only found on mount mabu.couple of other species of the same genus, which are found on other neighbouring mountains. each mountain basically has its own, and this one has been named afterjulian bayliss. so it's called nadzikambia bayliss. it's a tree chameleon, so hence the long tail. the long tail, yeah. the next morning, the porters, the scientists, and us were on our way again to our final destination, 1,400 metres above sea level. welcome to the centre of mabu forest, welcome to the heart of mabu forest. this is about as good as it gets, the forest is in excellent condition. the water is crystal clear, beautiful for drinking and washing. this is going to be the base for the next ten days, something like that, where we're going to survey the biology, the ecology, the plants, the animals. these are collectively known as "islands in the sky", and they're high—altitude mountains, with pockets of wet forest found at a high altitude near their summits. because they've been isolated and separated for a very long

it's a chameleon, which is only found on mount mabu.tres above sea level. welcome to the centre of mabu forest, welcome to the heart of mabu forest. something like that, where we're going to survey the biology, the ecology, the plants, the animals. these are collectively known as "islands in the sky". and they're high altitude mountains with pockets of wet forest found at a high altitude near their summits. because they've been isolated and separated for a very long time, the plants and animals we found inside them have had plenty of time to speciate and become endemic, and become new and not found anywhere else in the world. amongst the group are a small team of bird experts. they've come here with a very specific mission. makes a popping sound we're headed to the very highest parts of the mountain, looking for what is one of africa's rarest birds, and a bird whose very existence is threatened by climate change. its name, the namuli apalis. a yellow belly, a black breast that's beautiful olive green wing, and a inquisitive, rather, cur

mount mabu is an isolated patch of rainforest, almost like an island.entists are discovering mount mabu's secrets. sh—sh—sh—sh—sh—sh. wow, that is amazing!

it's a chameleon which is only found on mount mabu.ique. meet the dung beetle specialist. hold on, hold on. i want to put on my gloves. he thinks he's found more than 15 new species on mabu and puts it down to the quality of his bait. basically, i'm using my faeces to... ..as a bait, to attract dung beetles in the forest. so all over this part of the forest, there are probably dung beetles smelling your poo, thinking... that's correct! ..it�*s lunchtime. that's correct! no, i think this time around maybe is brunch. when we speak to the mozambique authorities, there's more good news. they confirm for the first time that all the new discoveries have convinced them to turn mabu into a conservation area. for professor bayliss, it will mark the end of a two—decade—long journey. we've now arrived at the end goal of protecting this forest. this is a conservation success story. kept hidden for so long, thanks to science, mabu's secrets should live on. jonah fisher, bbc news, in northern mozambique. extraordinary. many more on the website about

it's a chameleon which is only found on mount mabu.new freshwater catfish. i hope that we have a new species for this area. it's very exciting. amazing. you guys, are you sure you don't want to...? this is unique. meet the dung beetle specialist. hold on, hold on. i want to put on my gloves. he thinks he's found more than 15 new species on mabu and puts it down to the quality of his bait. basically, i'm using my faeces to... as a bait, to attract dung beetles here in the forest. so all over this part of the forest, there are probably dung beetles smelling your poo, thinking... that's correct! ..it�*s lunchtime. that's correct. no, i think this time around, maybe, is brunch. when we speak to the mozambique authorities, there's more good news. they confirm for the first time that all the new discoveries have convinced them to turn mabu into a conservation area. for professor bayliss, it will mark the end of a two decade—long journey. we've now arrived at the end goal of protecting this forest. this is a conservation success story. kept h

it's a chameleon, which is only found on mount mabu.mazing. you guys, are you sure you don't want to...? this is unique. meet the dung beetle specialist. hold on, hold on. i want to put on my gloves. he thinks he's found more than 15 new species on mabu and puts it down to the quality of his bait. basically, i'm using my faeces to... as a bait, to attract dung beetles here in the forest. so all over this part of the forest, there are probably dung beetles smelling your poo, thinking... that's correct! ..it�*s lunchtime. that's correct. no, i think this time around, maybe, is brunch. when we speak to the mozambique authorities, there's more good news. they confirm for the first time that all the new discoveries have convinced them to turn mabu into a conservation area. for professor bayliss, it will mark the end of a two decade—long journey. we've now arrived at the end goal of protecting this forest. this is a conservation success story. kept hidden for so long, thanks to science, mabu's secrets should live on. jonah fisher, bbc news in

it's a chameleon, which is only found on mount mabu. i want to put on my gloves. he thinks he's found more than 15 new species on mabu and puts it down to the quality of his bait. basically, i'm using my faeces to... ..as a bait, to attract dung beetles here in the forest. so all over this part of the forest, there are probably dung beetles smelling your poo, thinking... that's correct! ..it�*s lunchtime. that's correct. no, i think this time around, maybe, is brunch. when we speak to the mozambique authorities, there's more good news. they confirm for the first time that all the new discoveries have convinced them to turn mabu into a conservation area. for professor bayliss, it will mark the end of a two decade—long journey. we've now arrived at the end goal of protecting this forest. this is a conservation success story. kept hidden for so long, thanks to science, mabu's secrets should live on. jonah fisher, bbc news in northern mozambique. iam going i am going to move quickly on and talk about the weather. hello. ourjuly soaking cont