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

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

By Rhett Ayers Butler The Amazon is often treated as a single forest, yet the risks its people face from extreme weather vary ...

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

Explore the top 10 countries with the largest anaconda populations, from the Amazon basin to Caribbean wetlands, and discover ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Within the framework of COP30, the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) is actively participating in the People's ...

There are 1,248 locations on the World Heritage List, from ancient cities to natural wonders. Visiting them is growing in ...