Legend has it that the Santiago river used to swallow the canoe of anyone trying to explore it. Now an indigenous community ...

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Learn why the Amazon is critical for our planet and how WWF is working to protect its forests, rivers, and wildlife from growing threats.

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The Darvaza gas crater, also called the “Door to Hell” or “Gates of Hell,” is a burning natural gas crater in Turkmenistan’s ...

The Andes mountain range, stretching over 8,900 kilometers along South America's western edge, serves as the continent's ...

Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am often asked, “What ...

The appropriation of ancestral knowledge has a name: biopiracy. In this report, we examine the emblematic case of sacha inchi ...

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Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry.

The Duchess of Edinburgh is on an official tour across South and Central America, currently visiting Peru, Panama, Guatemala, ...