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Maria Koepcke (born Maria Emilie Anna von Mikulicz-Radecki, 15 May 1924 – c. 24 December 1971) was a German ornithologist known for her work with Neotropical bird species. Koepcke was a well-respected authority in South American ornithology and her work is still referenced today.
- The 'Jungle Child' Raised by Scientists
- 'There Was Almost Nothing My Parents Hadn't Taught Me About The Jungle'
- Why Did Juliane Survive?
Born to German parents in 1954, Juliane was raised in the Peruvian jungle from which she now had to escape. Her father, Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke, was a renowned zoologist and her mother, Maria Koepcke, was a scientist who studied tropical birds. Together, they set up a biological research station called Panguana so they could immerse themselves in the ...
On the floor of the jungle, Juliane assessed her injuries. Woozy and confused, she assumed she had a concussion. Her collar bone was also broken and she had gashes to her shoulder and calf. "I lay there, almost like an embryo for the rest of the day and a whole night, until the next morning," she wrote. Without her glasses, Juliane found it difficu...
Over the years, Juliane has struggled to understand how she came to be the only survivor of LANSA flight 508. Ninety other people, including Maria Koepcke, died in the crash. It's believed 14 people survived the impact, but were not well enough to trek out of the jungle like Juliane. The cause of the crash was officially listed as an intentional de...
- Rebecca Armitage
Juliane Koepcke was traveling with her mother, Maria Koepcke, from Lima, Peru, to the town of Pucallpa, to join her father for Christmas. The aircraft, a Lockheed Electra turboprop, flew into a ...
Jul 12, 2024 · Juliane Koepcke was born in 1954 to German zoologists Maria Koepcke and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke. When she was 17 years old, she and her mother boarded LANSA Flight 508 in Lima, Peru, traveling to meet Koepcke's father at the Panguana research station in Peru. Maria and Hans-Wilhelm had founded the station together just a few years before, in 1968.
- Marie Look
Jun 14, 2023 · Koepcke, too, grew up with a profound appreciation of nature. Her father, Hans-Wilhelm, was a zoologist, her mother, Maria, an ornithologist; the two met as students at Germany’s University of Kiel.
- Brittany Shammas
Contents. Juliane Koepcke. Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke /Joo-lia-nay, KOP-kay/ (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. The daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke, she became famous at the age of 17 as the sole survivor of the 1971 ...
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Jun 24, 2013 · Courtesy Juliane Koepcke Diller Juliane Koepcke grew up in Lima, Peru, before moving, at 14, to the Peruvian rain forest, where her parents, Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke, established the ...
