The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...

In March 2024, our team published an article titled "A New Species of Piranha (Serrasalmus, Serrasalmidae) from de Upper Madeira River System, Amazon Basin, Bolivia" in the Journal of Ichthyology.

Although it is well established that the cacao tree was originally domesticated in the upper Amazonian basin, it has not been ...

The other factor is fire. The Amazon basin, once likened to an Inland Sea by Alfred Russell Wallace, is becoming dryer. Huge areas of primary forest, once too wet to ever be at risk of fires ...

YURIMAGUAS, Peru – The Sacred Headwaters Alliance brings together 30 indigenous peoples of the upper Amazon ... of the Amazon. This initiative is crucial as the Amazon Basin has been severely ...

This is not some kaleidoscopic dreamscape from a novel by Gabriel García Márquez; this is the wet season in the upper Amazon ... including the Amazon Basin, may have been flooded by shallow ...

Catherine Parker More than its star attraction (Old Faithful), the Upper Geyser Basin boasts not only the largest concentration of geysers in the park, but also in the entire world (Yellowstone is ...