Colombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border... Colombia's lone Amazon port faces drying river and ...

The arboreal tarantulas Avicularia juruensis and Avicularia purpurea have two morphotypes depending on geographical location. Hapalopus species are commonly called “pumpkin patch tarantulas” because ...

Leaving Popoyan you must head high up into the Andes and cross the mountains before you can descend to the Amazonia region and the Amazon rain-forest. This was originally just a necessary ride because ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a ...

A researcher in Colombia has been investigating the impact that women have had in the Amazon region since the signing of the peace deal with the FARC guerrillas in 2016. Since then, women-led social, ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s large tropical rainforest, covering roughly 2.7 million square miles. It comprises more ...

LETICIA, Colombia — The jungle town of Leticia provides Colombia's only access to the Amazon River. But as the river changes course the town could soon be left high and dry and that's fueling a border ...